Stone Currency, Yap Island
Stone Currency, Yap Island
largest diameter 6 3/4in (17cm)
rai, carved from translucent quartz in the shape of a disc.

Provenance:
Field collected by Dr. Frank McGee while serving in the United States Navy during the second world war, late 1940's
Sold for US$ 3,125 inc. premium

Category: Ethnographic Art / African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art


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Specialist - African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art

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