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Item Details

Description

Shell money pieces of various sizes.

In Louis Pierre Ledoux's Diary page 272 (lot 108, box F1) he explains that small shell rings are called "Kieg" and large ones "Aoup".

Similar items gifted by Louis Pierre Ledoux in 1936 to the American Museum of Natural History - Division of Anthropology (80/9008), and to the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard Museum, 36-105-70/448

Country: Papua New Guinea
Date: 1936 or earlier
Material: shell
Dimensions: Diameter 1-2"
Provenance: Louis Pierre Ledoux Collection

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American Museum of Natural History - Division of Anthropology (80/9008)
https://anthro.amnh.org/anthropology/databases/common/image_dup.cfm?catno=80%2E0%2F%209008

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard Museum, 36-105-70/448
https://pmem.unix.fas.harvard.edu:8443/peabody/view/objects/asitem/search$0040/1/title-desc?t:state:flow=8d69fbdf-eb8d-4acb-8afe-305030b8cd2c

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https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2021/art-of-africa-oceania-and-the-americas/five-boiken-currency-rings-prince-alexander

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Shell Money / Currency

Name: Shell Money / Currency
SKU: 113479469
Price: 150 USD
Availability: InStock

Estimate $100 - $150

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