currency, shell
human history
A bundle of shell currency made up of shells attached on to fibre (hibiscus) either using natural string like fibre and blue & yellow raffia. The fibres are either natural or dyed with pink/red pigment.
Accession number: 2014.41.8 Last Update: 24 Sept 2026
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2014.41.8
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30 Jun 2014
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56737.8 (ethnology)
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