Monnaie primitive coquillage en forme d´anneau "wamayuwa"
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Lot: 19
88e vente aux enchères Tribal ArtMonnaie primitive coquillage en forme d´anneau "wamayuwa"
Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée, Sepik oriental - Yangoru Boiken
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H: 23 cm; B: 20 cm |
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giant clam, polished, yellowish patina, central opening: 8,3 cm in diameter, thickness: 3,8 cm.
Cut with bamboo saws from giant clam shells that are traded in from the coast. Such shell rings are used for currency for all major transactions: bride price, compensation, land payments.
Hamson, Michael, Art of the Boiken, Palos Verdes 2011, p. 226 ff.
