Length of tambu (nasa shells) - used as money – Objects

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Object Number 36-105-70/447

Display Title Length of tambu (nasa shells) - used as money

Descriptions

Inventory Description Ornament, U shaped white beads on bundled red vegetable fiber

Classification

Ornament

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Nor-Papua

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / New Guinea

Additional Geographic Terms Mandated Territory: Kaup, on coast; Sepik River, 40 mi. west of

Materials Vegetable fiber, Shell, Pigment

Dimensions Overall: 45 x 1.1 x 0.6 cm (17 11/16 x 7/16 x 1/4 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 36-105-70/447

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Object Number	Title	Classification	Geography/Provenience
36-105-70/446	Length of tambu (nasa shells) - used as money	Ornament	New Guinea
36-105-70/404	Necklace of tambu (nasa shells)	Necklace	New Guinea
36-105-70/407	Neck and shoulder band - made from fiber and tambu (nasa shells), +	Necklace	New Guinea
36-105-70/402	Headdress of fiber decorated with tambu or nasa shells, with loops +	Headband	New Guinea
36-105-70/445	Box of tambu (nasa shells) - unworked	Faunal	New Guinea
36-105-70/406	Neck and shoulder ornament for child - made from fiber and tambu +	Necklace	New Guinea
43-13-30/4100	String of shells (siyolai) - the closest thing to native "money"; +	Necklace	Argentina
43-13-30/4098	String of shells (siyolai) - the closest thing to native "money"; +	Necklace	Argentina
43-13-30/4099	String of shells (siyolai) - the closest thing to native "money"; +	Necklace	Argentina
36-105-70/448	Shell ring used for money - kieg	Ornament	New Guinea
36-105-70/409	Breast ornament of shell, tortoise shell, tambu, and trade bead	Ornament	New Guinea
970-29-70/4800	Shells ("romu") used in the manufacture of spans of native money, Found only in	Currency Raw Material	Solomon islands

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