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Snail shell (raw material for snail shell money)

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Snail shell (raw material for snail shell money)
Dimensions
Weight: 0,13 kg
Width: 10,5 cm
Height: 17 cm
Depth: 1 cm
Material/Technique
Snail shell
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VI 34615

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    before 1910
    where
    Melanesia
    Bismarck Archipelago
    New Ireland
    Papua New Guinea
  • Collecting
    who
    Walden, Edgar - Collectors
    Deutsche Marine Expedition
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Purchase from German Marine Expedition (Edgar Walden) 1910
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Oceania

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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