4144

[b}More Clam Shell Money[/b}

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:300.00 USD Estimated At:NA
[b}More Clam Shell Money[/b}
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300.00USD+ buyer's premium (60.00)
This item SOLD at 2021 Mar 15 @ 16:58UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
Lot: 4144
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Title: [b}More Clam Shell Money[/b}
Description: Three further examples of Tanga Islands shell money: (1) a small-diameter disk with a wide, very deep groove, called a tintol and used in marriage and mortuary exchanges—see Opitz, pp. 302-03 (illustrated in NNP edition, https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/book/541824?page=504, lower left); (2) a second example, with a wide, deep groove (NNP edition, https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/book/541824?page=504, top right); and (3) a third, this with a narrow, shallow groove (NNP edition, https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/book/541824?page=505, upper left).
Low Estimate: 750
High Estimate: 1600
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