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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: New Britain, mokmok necklace (122.49g), VF-EF

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Ethnographic Start Price:160.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 250.00 USD
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: New Britain, mokmok necklace (122.49g), VF-EF
SOLD
375.00USD+ (75.00) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2022 Sep 16 @ 19:48UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: New Britain, mokmok necklace (122.49g), Opitz (2011) p.363, comprising a 62mm-wide stone disc threaded with a ca. 115cm-long string of tiny shell discs, considered highly valuable and used to purchase land and as bride price, passed from father to first-born son and never to a daughter, VF-EF, ex Charles Opitz Collection. Visit www.traditionalmoney.com for a downloadable copy of Odd & Curious and Traditional Money (Opitz, 2011).