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Object Number 40-12-70/1696
Display Title Loose pieces of Maoriai shell money--probably made in Shortland Islands
Descriptions
Object Description Loose pieces of Maoriai shell money--probably made in Shortland Islands
Inventory Description Currency, brown and white shell beads
Classification
  • Currency
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Siwai
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Solomon islands / <State> / Bougainville Island
Materials Shell
Dimensions Overall: 0.8 x 0.9 x 0.9 cm (5/16 x 3/8 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 21

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Strand of Maoriai shell money - probably made in Shortland Islands
40-12-70/1693 Strand of Maoriai shell money - probably made in Shortland Islands
Currency
Bougainville Island
Strand of Maoriai shell money - probably made in Shortland Islands
40-12-70/1694 Strand of Maoriai shell money - probably made in Shortland Islands
Currency
Bougainville Island
Strand of Maoriai shell money - probably made in Shortland Islands
40-12-70/1695 Strand of Maoriai shell money - probably made in Shortland Islands
Currency
Bougainville Island
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Currency
China
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Currency
Cameroon
Shell money - string of white beads with few red ones
40-12-70/1923 Shell money - string of white beads with few red ones
Currency
Bougainville Island
Shell money - short string of pink and white beads
40-12-70/1697 Shell money - short string of pink and white beads
Currency
Bougainville Island
Shell money
04-28-10/64030 Shell money
Currency
Santa Rosa
Bamboo comb--black filled incisions; probably modelled after Shortland+
40-12-70/1558 Bamboo comb--black filled incisions; probably modelled after Shortland+
Comb
Bougainville Island
Bamboo comb--black filled incisions; probably modelled after Shortland+
40-12-70/1557 Bamboo comb--black filled incisions; probably modelled after Shortland+
Comb
Bougainville Island
Bamboo comb--black filled incisions; probably modelled after shortland+
40-12-70/1561 Bamboo comb--black filled incisions; probably modelled after shortland+
Comb
Bougainville Island
Bamboo comb--black filled incisions; probably modelled after shortland+
40-12-70/1560 Bamboo comb--black filled incisions; probably modelled after shortland+
Comb
Raw Material
Bougainville Island