Cowry Shell
notes: label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1990.0249.42
label: accession number
content: 1990.0249
label: catalog number
content: 90.249.42
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Cowry Shell Money
label: Object Name
content: alternative currency
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: shell, cowry (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: gray (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: yellow/orange (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: natural (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 15.7 mm x 21.4 mm; 5/8 in x 27/32 in