Ants' Noses (Ghosts' Heads)

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Although their shape suggests a replacement for cowrie shell money, a tradition has it that they were inserted into the noses of the dead to keep out ants and may not be money after all.
Type:770-476BC (Spring and Autumn Period of the Zhou Dynasty) Ants' Nose
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Jin.
                              
 
Type:770-476BC (Spring and Autumn Period of the Zhou Dynasty) Ants' Nose
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Type:770-476BC (Spring and Autumn Period of the Zhou Dynasty) Ants' Nose
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Dang ge liu zhu.
                              
 

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