Shell money

Museum number:
11-14642
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21110014642
Accession number:
Acc.1198
Description:
Shell money piece ("yar" or "iar")
Donor:
David M. Schneider
Collection place:
Yap Main Islands, Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia
Verbatim coll. place:
Yaps, Caroline Is.
Culture or time period:
Yap
Collector:
David M. Schneider
Collection date:
1947
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shell money
Function:
7.4 Non-issued Media of Exchange, Symbolic Valuables, and Associated Containers
Accession date:
1956
Department:
Oceania
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Shell money, accession number 11-14642, described as Shell money piece ("yar" or "iar")
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shell money, accession number 11-14642, described as Shell money piece ("yar" or "iar")

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