Assertion: giant clam's shell | /r/HasProperty | valued in the northeast
Facets:
value: by native americans
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: And Europeans also discovered that the shells were valued by Native Americans in the Northeast: polished and shaped quahog clamshells denoted specific achievements, status, and wealth, and as they were used to barter with European colonists, they came to be interpreted as a form of currency, which in turn led to the eventual use of the term “clams” to mean US dollars.