Shell money

Description

Money, cowrie shells strung on a stiff fibre cord, worn coiled round the arm: Oceania, Melanesia, Papua New Guinea, Massim, Collingwood Bay, 19th century or early 20th century

Museum reference

A.1902.260.7

Collection

Oceania

Object name

Shell money

Production information

Unknown
Collingwood Bay, Oro Province, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia

Date

19th - early 20th century

Style / Culture

Melanesian

Materials

Cowrie shell, Plant fibre

Physical description

Shell

Associations

Collector: Abbott, Wilfred Henry, Rev., 1867 - 1941
British New Guinea, New Guinea, Melanesia

Exhibitions

• Facing the Sea (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

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