Asmat Stone Currency - Based

Two small drilled holes near the top, and suddenly the stone has a face.

This stone currency is Asmat, from Papua, Indonesia, prehistoric and megalithic, in stone. Across New Guinea, worked stones and stone blades were long exchanged as wealth, often passed down and traded rather than used. This piece is a long, tapering slab of dark stone, rounded at the top and narrowing toward the base, with softly faceted sides. Two small holes are drilled near the upper end. It is mounted on a stand and is 7 inches wide, 6 deep and 21.5 high.

Wealth that takes both hands to carry is wealth taken seriously.