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Snail shell money

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Snail shell money
Dimensions
Length: 33 cm
Width: 6 cm
Diameter: 2 cm
Material/Technique
Snail shells , Plant fibre , Glass beads
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VI 42724

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    before 1934/35
    where
    Melanesia
    Vanuatu
    Ambae
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Oceania

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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