Cowry Shells
date: label: date made
content: n.d.
notes: label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: Coins, Currency and Medals
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Chase Manhattan Bank
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.1263.00500
label: accession number
content: 1979.1263
label: catalog number
content: 79.112.OC123
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Shell Money String, Cowry
label: Object Name
content: alternative currency
label: Other Terms
content: Shell Money String, Cowry; North America; United States/ Hudson Bay Company
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: shells, (25) cowry (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather strip (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brown (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: gray (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: holed, strung on leather (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 16.5 mm x 86.5 mm; x 5/8 in x 3 3/8 in