Cowry shells

Museum number:
5-10294
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050010294
Alternate number:
B-1696 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2819
Object count:
1
Description:
Money? string of cowry shells; double row; tightly bound.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Accra, Ghana
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1943
Materials:
Shell (animal material)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
7.4 Non-issued Media of Exchange, Symbolic Valuables, and Associated Containers
Accession date:
1971
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 139 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Cowry shells, accession number 5-10294, described as Money? string of cowry shells; double row; tightly bound.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cowry shells, accession number 5-10294, described as Money? string of cowry shells; double row; tightly bound.

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