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: Mendel L. Peterson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0892.04
label: accession number
content: 1986.0892
label: catalog number
content: 86.0892.04
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Cowry Shell Money
label: Object Name
content: alternative currency
label: Other Terms
content: Cowry Shell Money; Asia; Ceylon (Bermuda)
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: shell, cowry (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: yellow (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: gray (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: natural (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 14 mm x 17.1 mm; x 9/16 in x 11/16 in