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shell money

The shell money necklace consists of a twisted cord on which shell discs are strung. The shell discs are interrupted in two places by red glass beads. The ends of the cord are knotted together.

Data Provider
Übersee-Museum Bremen

Cataloguing data

Object type
money (objects)
Dimensions
General: 0.5 x 131 cm
Material/Technique
Conus disc; glass bead; plant fibre
carved; rope work
Current location
Übersee-Museum Bremen
Inventory number
D06853
Other number(s)
http://coll.uebersee-museum.de/v/D06853

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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