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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Sudest Island (Tagula), daveri shell money (16.77g), EF

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Ethnographic Start Price:70.00 USD Estimated At:80.00 - 120.00 USD
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Sudest Island (Tagula), daveri shell money (16.77g), EF
SOLD
75.00USD+ (15.00) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2022 Sep 17 @ 16:44UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Sudest Island (Tagula), daveri shell money (16.77g), Opitz p.128, Opitz (2011) p.198 (plate example), shaped, polished and holed as part of the traditional preparation, a well-aged example with lovely orange color and smooth surfaces from years of handling, EF, ex Charles Opitz Collection. Daveri shells are identical to the lower classes of ndap shells on neighboring Rossel Island. Believed by the local people as the excreta of an ancient mythical snake, they are exchanged as valuables at memorial feasts on Sudest and nearby islands.Visit www.traditionalmoney.com for a downloadable copy of Odd & Curious and Traditional Money (Opitz, 2011).