Dentalium Shells, Puget Sound, California, 19th Century
date: label: date made
content: 19th century
notes: label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: California
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.79.112.OC205
label: accession number
content: 1979.1263
label: catalog number
content: 79.112.OC205
objectType: label: Object Name
content: alternative currency
label: Other Terms
content: alternative currency; North America; Puget Sound, Western Indians
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: shell (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: white/gray (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: natural (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: 79.112.oc205a: 4 5/16 in x .5 cm x .4 cm; 10.922 cm x 3/16 in x 5/32 in
label: Measurements
content: 79.112.oc205b: 4.25 cm x .5 cm x .45 cm; 1 11/16 in x 3/16 in x 3/16 in
label: Measurements
content: 79.112.oc205c: 2.8 cm x .4 cm x .35 cm; 1 3/32 in x 5/32 in x 1/8 in
label: Measurements
content: 79.112.oc205d: 2.8 cm x .55 cm x 15/32 in; 1 3/32 in x 7/32 in x 1.2192 cm
label: Measurements
content: 79.112.oc205e: 2.8 cm x .5 cm x .42 cm; 1 3/32 in x 3/16 in x 5/32 in