Yua - Brideprice Currency for the Arapesh, Abelam and some Boiken neighbors.

Yua Ceremony
 

Kina & Mokakina

Brideprice throughout New Guinea.  Most valued inland and in the highlands.
 

    Talipun

Arapesh tribe, Brideprice.  Woven spirit figures on a cut Green Snail shell.  Shells come in male, female and neuter.  Woven spirit images have names and characters.

Bailor Shell Breast Plates.  Melpa Tribe, Western Highlands, PNG

Left to Right $600, $780, $600

Bailer Shell

Trochus shell armbands
Currency throughout the region.

Bagi
Milne Bay, Kula Ring.

Fafona - Bride price Ovum cowrie shells on woven spirit images.  Eastern Highlands.

Kwalia -  Women's money.  Abelam, Arapesh, Boiken,

Small currency also used in the Iatmul.

Money Belt
South Wosera.  Nassa shells sewn onto long woven belt.  Used for Bride Price.

Poli
Nassa Shells sewn on bark in various sizes and designs.  Used from Bride Price in the coastal mountains of Morobe Province.

Wafu
Nassa shells sewn on palm fibre in double pointed ovals.  Used for Bride Price in the Lumi area of West Sepik.

Green Snail Shell Spoon Currency.  (Commonly called Simbai spoons)

Used as ceremonial spoons and also Worn in groups as a backside necklace. On a custom metal stand.

$130 each
Simbai Greensnail Spoons

Kapkaps and Tema
Used throughout the region, particularly in the Solomon Islands for Bride price.

Dog tooth Necklace, Asmat People, West Papua. 

$180