Cowry Shell
notes: label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Norman Stack
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.NU60721.3
label: accession number
content: 226961
label: catalog number
content: NU60721.3
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Cowey Shell Money
label: Object Name
content: alternative currency
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: shell, cowry (cypraea moneta) (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: gray (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: light brown (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: purple (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: natural (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 16.9 mm x 24.5 mm; x 11/16 in x 15/16 in