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Snail shell money
Data Provider
Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Snail shell money
Dimensions
Gewicht: 700 g
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: 9 x 32 x 14,5 cm
Material/Technique
Bark bast , Mussel shells, Rattan (Rotang, Rotan), Pig tails, Plant fibre
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VI 33656

Provenance and sources

when
before 1914
where
Melanesia [Großregion]
Bismarck Archipelago [Inselgruppe]
New Ireland [Insel]
Muliama [Ort]
Papua New Guinea [Land]

who
Schlaginhaufen, Otto - Collectors
Deutsche Marine Expedition

Description
Access unexplained from German Naval Expedition 1914

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