Kauri money rope | Photographer: Larissa Arlt, JGU Mainz
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Kauri money rope
130 cowrie shells strung on two strings of raffia and cloth; cowries were used as currency.
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Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
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Object type
Naturalgeld
Dimensions
Umfang: 85 cm
Material/Technique
cowrie shell, bast, cloth
Object genre
money
Current location
Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Inventory number
JGU ES 2345
Other number(s)
2345
Linden-Museum: 75458
Linden-Museum: 75458
Provenance and sources
when
before 1911
where
Region Nordwesten
when
1911
where
Stuttgart
Description
Linden-Museum bought object from A. Diehl.
when
15.12.1971
where
Stuttgart
Description
JGU Mainz received object in exchange with Linden-Museum.
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