Santa Cruz feather money in a single coil with its original wrapping. The strips of feather money are woven into a core of coconut fibre cordage into which are tied red feathers of the honey creeper. The end is tied off with a ?sharkskin tab and danglers of half coix shells. The coil is woven in nine turns around a central spool of bark. At one point on the outside of the coil a single white gastropod shell is attached.
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