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Container for snail shell money
Data Provider
Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Container for snail shell money
Dimensions
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: b) 4 x 55,5 x 6 cm
Gewicht: a,b) < 0,1 kg
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: a) 0,5 x 37,5 x 1,7 cm
Material/Technique
Bark , Hair (flying fox), Plant fibre , Snail shell, Bones , Mother-of-pearl, Pigment
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VI 43504 a,b

Provenance and sources

when
before 1934/35
where
Melanesia [Großregion]
New Caledonia [Inselgruppe]
Ouégoa [Ort]

who
Nevermann, Hans - Collectors

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