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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">cowrie-shell containers</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>containers for exchange media</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>containers, cowrie-shell</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>cowrie container</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>cowrie-shell container</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>cowrie-shell containers</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Bronze drum-shaped vessels, often elaborately decorated with relief or free-standing animal figures, fashioned to contain cowrie-shell money in the ancient Dian kingdom of southwestern China. ]]></note></mads>