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String of Maidu Clamshell Money

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:10.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 600.00 USD
String of Maidu Clamshell Money
SOLD
90.00USD+ (18.00) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2021 Mar 16 @ 07:31UTC-7 : PDT/MST

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Title: String of Maidu Clamshell Money
Description: The Maidu people, who lived chiefly at the mouth of the Feather River, Sacramento Co., California, used strings of clamshell beads as money, called "Oo-lay wah-mah " (?). This string has 165 pieces and is from an old collection. See Don Taxay, Money of the American Indians (Flushing, N.Y., 1970), p. 73, and Opitz, p. 371.
Low Estimate: 300
High Estimate: 600
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Pedigree/Collection: Dealer/collector wooden tag reading “165 Pieces Shell Money – Oo-lay wah-mah, Maidu tribe, Mouth of Feather River, Sacramento Co., California.”