Feather money, rectangles of feathers gummed to a bark base. The majority of the feathers are dunn-coloured and come from a local species of dove but one edge bears a line of minute red feathers from the head of the honey bird. These feather plaques are more usually seen arranged as 'tiles' on the outer surface of long rolled belts of fibre called tan ta or taven - these lendu are however used in small transactions and are an article of trade in their own right.
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