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Dentalium Shell Belt

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:NA
Dentalium Shell Belt
SOLD
100.00USD+ buyer's premium (20.00)
This item SOLD at 2021 Mar 12 @ 13:07UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
Lot: 4265
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Title: Dentalium Shell Belt
Description: American Indian belt of 114 dentalium shells with leather spacers every 6 shells, leather ties, very old. Dentalium shells were used as money by the Indians of the Pacific Coast from California to Alaska as recently as the 1920s. See Opitz, p. 130.
Low Estimate: 250
High Estimate: 800
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