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Edward Morse's excavation of a mound of these objects at Omori kick-started Japanese archaeology. They're not (20[1])pebbles, (0[1])but these (20[1])objects were tied to wood to represent (0[1])islands on Polynesian stick charts. (20[2])The word "porcelain" comes (20[1])from an Italian word for these objects. Imported examples of (20[1])these objects devalued the nzimbu ones (0[1])harvested from Luanda (0[2])for use (20[1])by the Kingdom of Kongo. (20[5])These (20[1])objects were thrown to the ground in a West (20[1])African tradition for (*) divination. (10[2]0[2])Native (10[1]0[1])Americans (10[1]0[2])made wampum (10[1])beads (10[3])from these objects. (10[1]0[1])The Classical (10[2])Chinese character for "money" was an (10[1])image of these objects, which were (10[1])harvested in the Indian Ocean (10[2])from cowries. (10[1])For 10 (10[1])points, name these hard objects harvested (10[1])from clams (0[1])and conches. (10[2])■END■ (10[6]0[1])

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