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Auki Island Currency, 10 Strings of Shell Beads

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:400.00 USD Estimated At:NA
Auki Island Currency, 10 Strings of Shell Beads
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Title: Auki Island Currency, 10 Strings of Shell Beads
Description: A perfect tafuliae', a currency unit of Auki Island, Solomon Islands. It is made of 10 strings of white and special red shell disk beads—slightly larger than normal—each one fathom long; tafuliae' had high monetary value in the Auki Island system. See Opitz, p. 301.
Low Estimate: 800
High Estimate: 1600
Pedigree Collection: Ex Tribalmania Gallery, May 20, 2003; deaccessioned from the Boston Massachusetts Library Museum (no tag present).