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Large Shell-Disc Money

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Asian Antiques Start Price:80.00 USD Estimated At:120.00 - 150.00 USD
Large Shell-Disc Money
Online Auction only, with advance bids accepted at iCollector and at the Gallery. No live bidding
in the Gallery, and tie bids go to the earliest bidder. All proceeds will go 100% to the World Peace Foundation Building Fund of Hadley, MA.
Romblon Island, central Visayas, Philippines. Several of these were found in a burial jar and I acquired them directly from the old dealer Romblon Island, Panay Region, Visayas, Central Philippines. Acquired directly from the dealer who financed the excavations (circa 1995). About a half-dozen were found in a burial jar.....apparently burial "wealth", they may have had that status in life. At 1/2" thick and about 2", across, this was one of the nicest in the group. Were they cores from bracelet manufacture? Or made for money/status purposes?