money cowrie

Japanese: money cowrie(英語表記)moneycowrie
money cowrie

…The old character for treasure, 宝, was derived from the pictograph of the shell of the yellow cowrie, and characters related to treasure have the character for shell in the radical or side character. This cowrie is also called money cowrie in English. The New Guinea highland peoples exchanged one large pig for four pieces of this shell currency, called India, and the Hondo peoples exchanged ten pieces. …

From [Cowry shell (treasure shell)]

…This species was used as currency in the Shang Dynasty in China, but it is also used as currency in Africa and India, and was used by the mountain tribes of New Guinea until recently. Its English name is money cowrie, and its scientific name also means the same. In addition, the red-colored Callistocypraea aurantium (English name golden cowry) is only allowed to be worn by the chiefs of Fiji, and is used to show off their status. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "money cowrie" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…宝の旧字の宝はキイロダカラガイの殻の象形文字からできた字であり,財宝に関係のある字の偏や旁(つくり)には貝の字がついている。このタカラガイは英名もmoney cowrieという。ニューギニア高地民族では大きいブタ1頭が,この貝のインドと称する貨幣では4個,ホンドでは10個で交換されていたという。…

【タカラガイ(宝貝)】より

…この種は中国の殷時代には貨幣として用いられたが,アフリカ,インドなどでも貨幣とされ,ニューギニアの山地族では最近まで通用していた。英名もmoney cowrieといい,学名もそれを意味する。 そのほか紅色のナンヨウダカラガイCallistocypraea aurantium(英名golden cowry)はフィジー島では長のみが着けることが許され,その地位を誇示する。…

※「money cowrie」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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