40053

Kiriwina Island Bundle Money, Tool

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:10.00 USD Estimated At:260.00 - 475.00 USD
Kiriwina Island Bundle Money, Tool
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This item SOLD at 2021 Mar 16 @ 07:31UTC-7 : PDT/MST

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Title: Kiriwina Island Bundle Money, Tool
Description: On Kiriwina Island, Trobriand Islands, the women scrape banana leaves, transfer a design to them, and form them into little bundles. Thousands of these bundles are distributed at mortuary ceremonies, where they are used as money. In 1976, 5 bundles could buy a stick of tobacco. This lot contains one of these Kiriwina Island bundles plus a carved board used to impress the design. See Opitz, pp. 96-97.
Low Estimate: 260
High Estimate: 475
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