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1945.5.16

String of white shell disc currency, with one gorgonia stem bead at each end. [El.B 16/08/2011]


1945.5.16

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Collection type
Object
Description
String of white shell disc currency, with one gorgonia stem bead at each end. [El.B 16/08/2011]
Person
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source Mrs Richardson
PRM source Mrs Mackenzie
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1935
Date collected
By 1935
Acquisition information
Donated: 1945
Materials and processes
Material Shell, Material Gorgonia Coral Animal, Material Bead, Material String, Process Perforated, Process Strung, Process Wound
Dimensions
Length: max 1135 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1945.5.16

Search terms: Currency, Token