Monnaie primitive coquillage en forme d´anneau "wamayuwa" · Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée, Sepik oriental - Yangoru Boiken · ID: 3043397
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Description
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.
Littérature comparée
Hamson, Michael, Art of the Boiken, Palos Verdes 2011, p. 226 ff.