Shell Ring Money
notes: label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: French Polynesia: Marquesas Islands
label: associated place
content: French Polynesia: Marquesas Islands
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.NU69502.8
label: accession number
content: 245613
label: catalog number
content: NU69502.8
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Shell Ring Money (Poata)
label: Object Name
content: alternative currency
label: Other Terms
content: Shell Ring Money (Poata); Oceania; Marquesas Islands
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: shell clam giant (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: (tridoera gigas) (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: cut and shaped (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 16.9 mm x 71 mm; x 11/16 in x 2 13/16 in