String of shell currency, made from white (possibly cowrie) shells string onto a strip of plant fibre. [ASh [OPS move] 13/1/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: String of shell currency, made from white (possibly cowrie) shells string onto a strip of plant fibre. [ASh [OPS move] 13/1/2017]
Geographical reference: Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea; Morobe Province Tewai-Siassi District Umboi Island [Rook Island] Barim village
Person: Field collector Beatrice Mary Blackwood; PRM source Beatrice Mary Blackwood
Date / Period: Date made: Before 05/1937
Date collected: 25 May 1937
Acquisition information: Donated: 1938
Materials and processes: Material Shell, Material Plant Fibre, Process Strung
Dimensions: Depth: max 20 mm, Width: max 65 mm, Length: max 270 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1938.36.1041 Other numbers: Blackwood ii 984

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