Shell money from.the Solomons, made from two kinds of -bivalves, -one while, the other red. The left-hand siring consists of the roughly-shaped drilled shell discs, while that on the right has been ground smooth on the edges and represents the finished article. Ten six-foot lengths of this ' money will purchase a War canoe.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 153, 29 June 1940, Page 2 (Supplement)
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53Shell money from.the Solomons, made from two kinds of -bivalves,-one while, the other red. The left-hand siring consists of the roughly-shaped drilled shell discs, while that on the right has been ground smooth on the edges and represents the finished article. Ten six-foot lengths of this ' money will purchase a War canoe. Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 153, 29 June 1940, Page 2 (Supplement)
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