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placed on exhibition, but the greater portion [[strikethrough]] is still in reserve [[/strikethrough]] cannot be shown for want of [[strikethrough]] exhibition [[/strikethrough]] exhibition space.
The [[strikethrough]] collection of primitive [[/strikethrough]] shell money of [[strikethrough]] Amer [[/strikethrough]] ^[[the]] Indians of our country during the early colonial period is interesting to the public.  The collection was arranged by the Curator of the Department of Mollusks and shows the shells from which the money was made, [[strikethrough]] belts of [[/strikethrough]] the [[strikethrough]] cut pieces [[/strikethrough]] ^[[discs]] used as coins and the belts of wampum.  Accompanying the exhibit is a ^[[instructive]] pamphlet [[strikethrough]] fully describing [[/strikethrough]] giving in detail the history of the manufacture and use of the money.