Mat money

Description

Currency 'mat' in form of a long narrow strip of woven grass, dyed red, and fringed at each end: Melanesian, Vanuatu

Museum reference

A.1925.268

Collection

Oceania

Object name

Mat money

Production information

Vanuatu, Melanesia

Materials

Grass

Physical description

Woven grass, dyed red, and fringed at each end

Exhibitions

• Facing the Sea (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

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