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1931.86.185

String of shell disc money. [El.B 13/05/2011]

1931.86.185

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Collection type
Object
Description
String of shell disc money. [El.B 13/05/2011]
Geographical reference
Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea
Bismarck Archipelago Admiralty Islands Manus Island
Person
Field collector Beatrice Mary Blackwood
PRM source Beatrice Mary Blackwood
Date / Period
Date made: Before 10/1929
Date collected
By October 1929
Acquisition information
Donated: 1931
Materials and processes
Material Shell, Material String, Process Strung
Dimensions
Length: max 2010 mm doubled
Object numbers
Accession number: 1931.86.185 Other numbers: Blackwood number 184

Search terms: Animalia, Currency, Ritual and Ceremonial, Ornament, Shell, Token

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