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Snail shell money

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Snail shell money
Dimensions
Weight: 2 kg
Height: 1 cm
Width: 15,5 cm
Depth: 0,5 cm
Material/Technique
Snail shell (Conus ?), Plant fibre , Glass, Coconut shell
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VI 24689 b
Related object(s)

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    before 1906
    where
    Melanesia
    Admiralty Islands
    Papua New Guinea
  • Collecting
    who
    Otto Schneider - Collectors
    Maass, Alfred - Former Possessors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Oceania

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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