Cowry Shell Necklace
date: label: date made
content: n.d.
notes: label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: New Guinea
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Chase Manhattan Bank
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.1263.00453
label: accession number
content: 1979.1263
label: catalog number
content: 79.112.00344
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Shell Necklace, Cowry
label: Object Name
content: alternative currency
label: Other Terms
content: Shell Necklace, Cowry; Oceania; New Guinea
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: shell, (84) cowry (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plant fiber (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: gray (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: lavender (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: brown (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: strung on fiber (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 430 mm; x 16 15/16 in