Shell money

Museum number:
11-2846
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.815
Description:
Mother-of-pearl shell money on fabric-covered stick.
Donor:
Gertrude Josephine Hampel and John Stoer Hampel
Collection place:
Houaïlou village, Houaïlou commune, North Province
Culture or time period:
Melanesian
Collector:
Gertrude Josephine Hampel and John Stoer Hampel
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shell money
Function:
7.4 Non-issued Media of Exchange, Symbolic Valuables, and Associated Containers
Accession date:
1942
Department:
Oceania
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Shell money, accession number 11-2846, described as Mother-of-pearl shell money on fabric-covered stick.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shell money, accession number 11-2846, described as Mother-of-pearl shell money on fabric-covered stick.

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