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Lot 5714 Session 18 (2.30pm Friday) Antiquities
Estimate $50
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NEW GUINEA, goldlip pearlshell crescent called kina (PNG one dollar coin denomination is named after these items) 155mm x 42mm with native string and seed rope for suspension; probably the most used of all PNG primitive money, it had an official exchange rate of twelve shillings per pair until the 1960's (Mira p.28). Extremely fine.
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