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shell money

The shell money necklace consists of a thick, twisted cord with attached shell discs, which are interrupted in four places by black coconut shell discs. The ends of the string are knotted together.

Data Provider
Übersee-Museum Bremen

Cataloguing data

Object type
money (objects)
Dimensions
General: 0.5 x 301 cm
Material/Technique
Conus disc; plant fibre; coconut shell disc
carved; rope work
Current location
Übersee-Museum Bremen
Inventory number
D06852
Other number(s)
http://coll.uebersee-museum.de/v/D06852

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1800-1913
    where
    Admiralty Islands
  • Change of physical control
    when
    not documented
    who
    Ludwig Cohn - Former Possessors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Ethnographic collections

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED
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