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human history
  • Other Name

    diwara (Papua New Guinean)

  • Description

    string of shell money. sticking tape label on object reads: "Diwara or native shell money from Duke of York Islds. Collected in 1918 by J H L"

  • Place
  • Accession Number
    1934.145
  • Other Id

    20336 (ethnology)

    31 (Voyce)

  • Department
money, shell

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