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Snail shell money
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Object type
Snail shell money
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 43 x 4 x 2 cm
Material/Technique
Snail shell (Conus ?), Plant fibre
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VI 11411 a-d

Provenance and sources

when
before 1891
where
Melanesia [Großregion]
Admiralty Islands [Inselgruppe]
Alim [Insel]
Papua New Guinea [Land]

who
Ludwig Kärnbach (1865-05-22 - 1896-12-03) - Collectors

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CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED

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