Stone blade money

Museum number:
11-38536
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2219
Description:
Stone blade money; slate or bedded argillite;; irregulary shaped; valuable, semi-sacred, individually owned object, mainly transferred as marriage gift
Donor:
Klaus Koch and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Pasikni Village, Central Jalemo, West Papua Province
Culture or time period:
Indonesian cultures and Yali people
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
7.4 Non-issued Media of Exchange, Symbolic Valuables, and Associated Containers
Accession date:
1967
Department:
Oceania
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Stone blade money, accession number 11-38536, described as Stone blade money; slate or bedded argillite;; irregulary shaped; valuable, semi-sacred, individually owned object, mainly transferred as marriage giftHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Stone blade money, accession number 11-38536, described as Stone blade money; slate or bedded argillite;; irregulary shaped; valuable, semi-sacred, individually owned object, mainly transferred as marriage gift

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