Cowrie shell

Maker
Unknown Maker
Description
In 1974 Waikato Museum acquired a selection of items, including this cowrie shell, from Graham Jackson. Jackson was a New Zealand anthropologist who spent time living with and researching the Kopon and the Kalam people of the Lower Kaironk Valley in Papua New Guinea.

Jackson fieldnotes: Large cowrie shell which has had its top broken off and partially ground smooth. W wo = a shell valuable; dlep = the kind of shell; abo = in other contexts means "stare". This one is put in eel traps to attract eels. Traded and exchanged from northern areas.
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Object detail

Maker
Media/Materials
Cowrie shell.
Measurements
75 x 46 x 30mm - HxWxD
Production place
Lower Kaironk Valley, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Collection
Graham Jackson Collection/New Guinea Collection/Ethnology
Department collection type
Ethnology
Credit line
Collection of Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato
Accession number
1974/64/57

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