Cowrie Shell
notes: label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Oceanic
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: NU.70.80.11.04
label: accession number
content: 288726
label: catalog number
content: 70.80.11.04
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Cowrie Shell Money
label: Object Name
content: alternative currency
label: Other Terms
content: Cowrie Shell Money; Oceania, South Pacific
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: natural (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 12.9 mm x 21.6 mm; 1/2 in x 27/32 in