- Asset ID
- 620
- Title
- Ring Cowrie
- Creator
- NHM
- Credit
- Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London
- KEYWORDS
- Reg 19990149
seashell
mollusca
mollusc
mollusk
pattern
invertebrate
shell
620
Ring Cowrie
In parts of Asia, Africa and the Middle East these shells were used as shell money much like Monetaria moneta. These specimens were collected in Somalia.