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Papua New Guinea, An Ancient Diamond-shaped Spear Point/currency
Wrought iron rod with a rhomboidal lanceolate point enriched with a sort of perimeter "eyelashes".
Used as currency at the time.
Height: 49 cm
Found in the book: (An Ethnographic Study of Traditional Money by Charles J. Opitz, page 314).
Used as currency at the time.
Height: 49 cm
Found in the book: (An Ethnographic Study of Traditional Money by Charles J. Opitz, page 314).
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