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Feather money. Melanesia, Solomon Islands, Temotu Province, Santa Cruz Islands, Nagu people. 20th CE. Ceremonial money used to pay for marriages, settle disputes, or services. Featherse of about 300 birds were needed for ca. 1,500 plaques. The last kind of this money was produced in 1982 for anthropological research. Plant fibers, feathers of myzomela cardinalis, resin, shells, wood, 84 x 44 cm.Inv. 70.2009.5.1. Photo: Michel Urtado / Thierry Ollivier.
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Musée du Quai Branly - Jacques Chirac/Paris/France
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ART521081
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6240px × 4306px
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© musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Art Resource, NY
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20th century CE
Feather
Money
Plume
Solomon Islands Culture