Melanesian Culture Area | New Guinea

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necklet
Melanesian Culture Area | New Guinea

Necklet, made of cowry or egg shells procurred in New Guinea in 1870

"Cowries are the commonest currency, either loose in the hand or sewed vertically on to cord, with value calculated by...
water bottle
Melanesian Culture Area | New Guinea

Lime bottle; small gourd. Corded with sennit. To hold lime for chewing betel nut (arica catecho). Installed in Educational Ex Case Sug. 1953

"Lime bottle. Small gourd, corded with sennit...
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