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38 SMITHSONIAN STUDIES IN HISTORY AND TECHNOLOGY Rai number (•illustrated herein) *16 *17 *18 19 20 *21 *22 *23 *24 *25 *26 *27 *28 *29 Location Museum fur Volkerkunde, Frankfurt am Main n Hamburgisches Museum fur Volkerkunde, Hamburg a a a a a a Museum fur Volkerkunde, Leipzig a See footnotes at end of table. TABLE.—Rai exported from Tap—Continued [Measurements in centimeters unless indicated otherwise] Accessions number 51597 51598 53535 NS24 244 NS28 895 E4008 E4009 823:05 1168" M214 1169" M218 1325" M315 1341" M391 Mi 500 Mi 501 Acquired from - - Tear acquired 1952 » 1961 Diameter 4.8X3.7 7.4 25 Thick- Hole ness diameter No documentation. "Found without mark of registration in Purchased from daughter of collector, August Mockel, who visited Yap 1879-1883 Consul F. Hernsheim a Dr. H. Hallier who purchased it from Chief Ruipung, 1903 Loan from HamburgischeWissenschaftliche Stiftung. Acquired: Siidsee Expedition, Dr. Muller. » n a Purchased from Godeffroy firm a 1932 (1879- 1883) 1903 " 30 Oct 1903 1908-1910 it a a 1885 a 28 60 71 22 14.5X11 3.5-4.5 66.5 53 5-6 19.5 - - 13 6.5 3 - 13 12 - 16 Value at time of acquisition - -the magazine Collector said "represents value of about 40 mark" - 10 mark - - - - Surface - - during 1908." Stepped a Bamboo stick (26cm) used for transporting stone Stepped - - Smooth Rough
NUMBER 23 Rai number (•illustrated herein) *30 *31 *32 *33 *34 *35 36 '37 *38 *39 *40 *41 *42 *43 *44 *45 *46 •47 *48 Location TABLE.—Rai exported from Tap—Continued [Measurements in centimeters unless indicated otherwise] Accessions number Mi 502 Mi 503 Mi 504 Mi 505 Mi 506 Mi 507 Mi 512 Mi 647 Mi 3387 Mi 3388 Mi 4739 Mi 4744 Mi 4610 Mi 4611 Mi 4746 a-c Without number, records destroyed Linden-Museum 109 560 Gesellschaft fur Erd-und Volkerkunde, Stuttgart See footnotes at end of table. Acquired from Gift of Jaluit Society (Hernsheim) Gift of Arno Senfft Purchased from Lorenzen Transfer from Archaeological Museum, Weimar a Purchased from Deubner a Purchased from Schroder Gift of Ernst Heinrich, Stuttgart Bad Cannstatt (private collector of Oceanic & African Art) Tear acquired 1904 1904 1911, collected 1909 a 1957 1960 1969 July 1932 Thick- Diameter ness 6.5-^.0 5 7.7-4.5 7-4 8^ 5.5-4.0 70 82-70 15.5-13.5 22.5-22.0 13-12 12.5-8.5 10.5 13 4, 3.5, 3 71-66 53-50 8-7 6.3-6.1 Hole Value at diam- time of eter acquisition Surface Unworked surface, center hole Unworked 39 (specimen missing—lost after war damage) 14 (at rim 6-3) 12 10.5 12 11 1.4 (at rim •7) 9-8 Three pieces strung together 1.3-1.2 Stepped
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