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<p>[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 10444485, member: 8267"]There was a type of currency made from giant clam shells used in the South Pacific that looks somewhat similar -</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]525399[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/E_Oc1902-0603-18?selectedImageId=261549001" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/E_Oc1902-0603-18?selectedImageId=261549001" rel="nofollow">https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/E_Oc1902-0603-18?selectedImageId=261549001</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And a shell bracelet, from the Loyalty Islands -</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]525400[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/E_Oc1913-1115-29" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/E_Oc1913-1115-29" rel="nofollow">https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/E_Oc1913-1115-29</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And this, from Cambodia, which the museum identifies as stone -</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]525401[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_1890-0208-33" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_1890-0208-33" rel="nofollow">https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_1890-0208-33</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 10444485, member: 8267"]There was a type of currency made from giant clam shells used in the South Pacific that looks somewhat similar - [ATTACH=full]525399[/ATTACH] [URL]https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/E_Oc1902-0603-18?selectedImageId=261549001[/URL] And a shell bracelet, from the Loyalty Islands - [ATTACH=full]525400[/ATTACH] [URL]https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/E_Oc1913-1115-29[/URL] And this, from Cambodia, which the museum identifies as stone - [ATTACH=full]525401[/ATTACH] [URL]https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_1890-0208-33[/URL][/QUOTE]
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