tabu

human history

Tabu. Shell currency. This is used by the Tolai people of Rabaul, East New Britain. It is made of shell and rattan cane, where tops of the shells are pinched/ ground down to reveal a small hole which is then threaded onto cane strip.

Nama tāpiringa: 2019.30.8 Whakahounga o Mua: 20 Nov 2019
Ingoa Kē

currency

Wāhi
Rabaul/New Britain/Bismarck Archipelago/New Guinea (PRE 1975)
Accession Number

2019.30.8

Rā Tāpiringa

15 May 2019

Wāhanga

Pacific

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