Assertion: gastropod's shell | /r/ObjectUse | used as a kind of money
Facets:
value: in several preindustrial societies
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: Mollusc shells, including those of cowries, were used as a kind of money (shell money) in several preindustrial societies.
text: Mollusc shells, including those of cowries, were used as a kind of money (shell money) in several preindustrial societies.