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cowrie-shell containers (<containers for exchange media>, <containers by function or context>, ... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: Bronze drum-shaped vessels, often elaborately decorated with relief or free-standing animal figures, fashioned to contain cowrie-shell money in the ancient Dian kingdom of southwestern China. |
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cowrie-shell containers (preferred,C,U,English,UF,U,U)
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cowrie-shell container (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
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containers, cowrie-shell (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
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cowrie container (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
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kaurischelphouders (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
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kaurischelphouder (C,U,Dutch,AD,U,U)
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Facet/Hierarchy Code: V.TQ |
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........................ cowrie-shell containers (G) |
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Dutch ..... Trommelvormige bronzen vaten uit het oude Dian-koninkrijk in het zuidwesten van China, vaak uitvoerig versierd met reliƫfs of vrijstaande dierfiguren en ontworpen om kaurischelpen, gebruikt als geld, te bevatten. |
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