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Bronze Cowrie Container
- Western Han Dynasty (206 B.C. - A.D. 8)
- Excavated at Jinning, Yunan Province, 1956
- National Museum of China, Beijing
Cowrie shells were used as currency in ancient China. This container, found in a tomb, features two tigers and seven oxen; cattle and buffalo are symbols of wealth and influence in an agricultural society.
The container was made by the Dian people of Yunnan, and suggests that exchange between bronze cultures of the Central Plain and Southwest China were occurring at this time.
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| current | 21:29, 3 January 2017 | | 572 × 858 (205 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | <b>Bronze Cowrie Container</b> <ul> <li>Western Han Dynasty (206 B.C. - A.D. 8)</li> <li>Excavated at Jinning, Yunan Province, 1956</li> <li>National Museum of China, Beijing</li> </ul> <p>Cowrie shells were used as currency in ancient China. This container, found in a tomb, features two tigers and seven oxen; cattle and buffalo are symbols of wealth and influence in an agricultural society. </p> The container was made by the Dian people of Yunnan, and suggests that exchange between bronze cultures of the Central Plain and Southwest China were occurring at this time. |
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