The je stones were made of slate and were usually flattened or elongated egg oval shape. They 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 fur tufts, braided strands of bark fiber, yellow colored braided orchid fiber, red ochre, feathers or cloth 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 no magic power and regularly passed them from owner to owner calling them exchange stones. 18 inches by 3 inches with lilly root decoration