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Stone money

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Stone money
Dimensions
Height: 27 cm
Width: 27,6 cm
Depth: 4,7 cm
Weight: 3,63 kg
Material/Technique
Stone (aragonite)
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VI 20663

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    before 1901
    where
    Micronesia
    Caroline Islands
    Yap
    Federated States of Micronesia
  • Collecting
    who
    Volkens, Georg - Collectors
    Südsee-Studien Syndikat - Former Possessors
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Purchase of South Sea Studies Syndicate 1901
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Oceania

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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