Strings of shell money

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Object Number 36-137-70/503

Display Title Strings of shell money

Descriptions

Object Description Strings of shell money

Inventory Description Beads, nineteen strands of white shell beads, gathered, tied at one end

Classification

Bead

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Ataial
Atayal

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / Taiwan

Additional Geographic Terms Formosa, north

Materials Shell, Plant fiber

Dimensions Overall: 73 x 0.3 x 0.2 cm (28 3/4 x 1/8 x 1/16 in.)

Quantity 1

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48-56-70/3117	Fragment of string of shell money	Bead	Oceania
48-56-70/3115	String of shell money	Bead	Oceania
48-56-70/3116	String of shell money and a few glass beads	Bead	Oceania
13-9-10/85339	Wampum Beads	Bead	North America
00-8-70/55674	Strings of cocoanut shell and sea shell beads	Necklace	Kiribati
48-56-70/3114	String of shell money	Bead	Oceania
06-4-10/65748	Condolence string of Wampum	Bead	Erie County
970-29-70/4799	Strings of shell discs ("taafuli'ae") - the most valuable and highest denominati	Currency Raw Material	Solomon islands
65-14-70/4602	Strings of brown and white shell beads	Necklace	Kiribati
46-78-10/28122	Wampum ornament	Bead	North America
34-167-30/659	Strings of small shell beads	Bead	Colombia
985-27-10/60265H	String of purple and white wampum, 1 of 7	Bead	Maine

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