Lot 2614
Sale 68 · Important Australian & World Coins, Medals & Banknotes
Description
New Guinea, flying fox teeth money as a necklace, (about 160 teeth in the necklace), (Opitz p.47). Very fine.
Opitz notes that these were also used in the New Ireland and the British Solomon Islands. On the later they were worth $1 per tooth.
- Estimate
- $100
- Result Status
- Sold
- Prices Realised
- $110