“Yua” Shell Barter Currency Size:Height On Stand: 12.25” Specimen Diameter: 9.00” The finished product - or

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“Yua” Shell Barter Currency Size:Height On Stand: 12.25” Specimen Diameter: 9.00” The finished product - or17 4 20 Yua shell bride price barter currency. Arapesh, Abelam, and Boiken peoples of the Sepik River region of the Central Highlands of Papua New Guinea. These antique yua have been used for decades as barter currency. To create such great pieces of prestige, a two week trek from the highlands had to be made to coastal villages where goods were traded in order to acquire these shells. Once the shells were in their possession to create the yua the

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