The je stones were made of slate and were usuallu flatteneed or elongated egg oval shape. There were black, green or dark green in color. The stones were imported from the Jalemo people who live northeast of the Balim Valley. They were sometimes decorated with braided strands of bark fiber, yellow colored braided orchid fiber around the middle of the stone. The je stones were used in ceremonial payments, in funerals and as a currency for important commercial activities as well as bride price. They were used by the Dani tribe who thought the stones had magic power and regularly passed them from owner to owner calling them exchange stones. 20 inches by 5 inches