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D07477 flying fox tooth necklace currency

Many flying fox teeth are threaded onto and attached to a chain made of plant fibres. The chain begins and ends with a large white mussel shell.

Data Provider
Übersee-Museum Bremen Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Object type
money (objects)
Dimensions
General: 0.6 × 108 cm
Material/Technique
Flying fox tooth; plant fibre; mussel shell; carved; drilled; rope work
Current location
Übersee-Museum Bremen
Inventory number
D07477

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1800-1910 (?)
    where
    Solomon Islands (?)
  • Change of physical control
    who
    Ludwig Cohn (1873 - 1935)

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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