kuriri shell money

• • shell money
  • • economics

  • • Example 922:
      

      A vaan vai na bero rakaha ni nana bona kehaa pakupaku kuriri.

      This village had many shells for making shell money.

      Source: Sta 01E(Eno) 045

    • Example 3383:
      

      Me nomana, o kikis teo kuriri na tei nana en Bougainville, o natanata vaa tea paku nae he na tei maana Solomon.

      And today, the power of the shell money is here in Bougainville, the knowledge of making it, however, is in the Solomons.

      Source: Sta 01E(Eno) 047-049

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• See also:
  • kara kuriri fathoms of traditional shell money used in the Solomon Islands and Bougainville for major cultural exchanges and transactions
  • natanata¹ knowledge
  • kikis² strength