Piece of shell valuable - 4 pieces of shell suspended from cord (jar + – Objects

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Object Number 48-51-70/2958

Display Title Piece of shell valuable - 4 pieces of shell suspended from cord (jar +

Descriptions

Object Description Piece of shell valuable - 4 pieces of shell suspended from cord (jar +

Inventory Description Currency, four pieces of shell suspended from fiber cordage

Classification

Currency

Department Ethnographic

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / Federated States of Micronesia / <State> / Yap Islands

Additional Geographic Terms Caroline Islands

Materials Shell, Plant fiber

Dimensions Overall: 14.5 x 6 x 1.6 cm (5 11/16 x 2 3/8 x 5/8 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 48-51-70/2958

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PrimaryMedia	Object Number	Title	Classification	Geography/Provenience
	48-51-70/2956	Shell valuable brought in by foreigners (jar - ni nobochai)	Currency	Yap Islands
	48-51-70/2982	String with five oyster shells suspended from it - money	Currency	Yap Islands
	64-18-70/4456	Cowrie shell band (jetak) exchange valuable	Currency	New Guinea Indonesia
	970-29-70/4799	Strings of shell discs ("taafuli'ae") - the most valuable and highest denominati	Currency Raw Material	Solomon islands
	48-51-70/2944	Tortoise shell fish hooks suspended from cord - worn by men on the head	Fishhook	Yap Islands
	35-25-30/1034	Tufts of feathers tied to pieces of wood and bone and suspended from a+	Accessory	Tucano?
	40-12-70/1696	Loose pieces of Maoriai shell money--probably made in Shortland Islands	Currency	Bougainville Island
	46-77-30/6068	14 shell tinklers suspended form cotton cord	Bead	Peru
	48-51-70/2957	Shell valuable brought in by foreigners (jar - ni nobochai)	Ornament	Yap Islands
	48-51-70/2959	Single disc of shell (Gau) from a string which is used as a valuable	Bead	Yap Islands
Image Not Available for 44 pieces of shell; 1 piece kaolin, 4 pieces bone;	48-20-20/18371	44 pieces of shell; 1 piece kaolin, 4 pieces bone;		Potrero el Burro
	46-77-30/6190	Head ornament made of a piece of cotton with pieces of shell and a +	Fiber	Hacienda Humaya Huacho?

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