Wampum, a type of shell bead, were used as currency by Native Americans while whale teeth were exchanged for goods by people in Fiji. The cowrie, however, proved especially popular and endured for ...

These shells are money cowries, Monetaria moneta. Until the end of the Roman Empire, around 500 AD, they were widely used as currency - and even remained in use until the twentieth century in some ...

Comprised of cowrie shells, the collar was elegant ... they served as currency. Their relevance also sate beyond being used ...