Shell Ring Money
notes: label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Papua New Guinea
label: associated place
content: Papua New Guinea
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: NU.NU69502.9
label: accession number
content: 245613
label: catalog number
content: NU69502.9
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Shell Ring Money (Poata)
label: Object Name
content: alternative currency
label: Other Terms
content: Shell Ring Money (Poata); Oceania; Papua New Guinea
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brown (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: yellow/brown (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: shell clam and cowry (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: giant cowry shell (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: native fiber (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: attached with fiber (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 31.1 mm x 140.1 mm; 1 1/4 in x 5 1/2 in