Yap
Pearl Shell Money (Yar)
from Micronesia, 1964-1974
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Yap
Pearl Shell Money (Yar)
from Micronesia, 1964-1974
Physical Qualities
Fiber, shell, grass, dye, W. 6 5/16 x L. 70 7/8 in. (16 x 180 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Katharine and Clinton Bamberger, Baltimore
Object Number
2000.298
Fiber rope with appended shell ornaments; each ornament composed of a wedge of clam shell, a gastropod shell attached at the anterior end, red grass tassel
Red dye
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift 2000; Katherine and Clinton Bamberger
