"Coin "maulavata" Fossilized Shell Tridacna Gigas, Island Of Choiseul, Solomon Archipelago"
Rare coin "MAULAVATA" fossilized shell Tridacna Gigas, Island of Choiseul, Solomon Archipelago, early 19th century.Private collection Cleenewerck Brigitte and Gilles - Belgium.
BARAVA fragment Carved from a fossilized TRIDACNA GIGAS stoup used as funerary currency.
It is a ring of prestige and chieftaincy, which therefore corresponds to a title of clan property.
This ring was not exchanged like a classic currency.
diameter 13 cm, hole diameter 5.5 cm, thickness 2 cm.
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