Ornament ring / currency ring "pal yua" ·  Papua New Guinea, Abelam · ID: 3040060

Description

clamshell (“Tridacna Gigas”), flat ring with several notches in one place at the rim, round cut out in the centre, crack;
to the Abelam the word “yua” means “shell ring” and “pal” marks the hornbill. His beak served as model for the notches engraved in the ring, indicating the number of transactions of its respective owner (e.g. pig sacrifices, ritual trades or marriage).

The object Ornament ring / currency ring “pal yua” with the object ID 3040060 was last part of the auction 82nd Tribal Art Auction at February 27, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 38 achieved a sales price of EUR 600.

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Notices

This object is subject to CITES. Please note that it can only be sent within the European Union. At the present time export in third countries is prohibited, respectively, export licenses in third countries for objects containing or made of protected materials are only granted under stringent conditions.