Currency
ClassificationsCurrency and Exchange Objects
Dateearly to mid 20th Century
Collection SitePapua New Guinea
(not assigned)Papua New Guinea
MediumWicker
Dimensions12 1/2 × 5 × 5 1/2 in. (31.8 × 12.7 × 14 cm)
Credit LineAnonymous Gift
Object number2017.10.57
DescriptionThis woven wickerwork vessel, or mask, if from Papua New Guinea and dates from the early to mid 20th Century. The object has cylindrical openings at both ends and brown in color with subtle stripes throughout the body. This vessel had been noted as a type of bride price currency and it is usually attached a shell of a giant Turbo Marmoratus snail shell.On View
Not on view
late 19th to mid 20th Century
20th Century
