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40 SMITHSONIAN STUDIES IN HISTORY AND TECHNOLOGY Rai number (•illustrated herein) Location TABLE.—Rai exported from Tap—Continued [Measurements in centimeters unless indicated otherwise] Accessions number Acquired from *49 120 541 22 Nov 1958 •50 51 52 53 54 55 •56 *57 a Records lost GREAT BRITAIN British Museum, Ethnography Department, London JAPAN Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo a a a The University of Tokyo, Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Science, Tokyo See footnotes at end of table. 99-23 No number 29875 30605 31488 31489 Collected by F. W. Christian H. G. Beasley collection (Granmore Museum) Gift of Ukichi Taguchi who acquired it on Yap Gift of Mr. Sadajiro Shibata Gift of Chief of Yap on occasion of visit to Japan ii Presented by Chief from Yap on occasion of visit to Ministry of the Navy, Japan Tear acquired Diameter 1899 1944 20 Oct 1891 Mar 1903 Mar 1915 a Aug 1915 22.5-21 39 51 46.5 31.7 X 30.25 24.35 77.8 X 63.6 54.8 X 46.9 85 X 68 Thickness 2.6-2.5 (at rim 1.8- 1.7) 5.4 (at 2.0) 4.75 4.5 Hole diameter 6.2-6.0 8 10.0 5.4 12. 05 9. 65 7.5 13.0 15 Value at time of acquisition - Surface Broken and repaired - (note a) - Stepped Valued by Rough, donors weathered at 500 yen. (note b)
NUMBER 23 Rai number (•illustrated herein) •58 59 *60 •61 Location TABLE.—Rai exported from Tap—Continued [Measurements in centimeters unless indicated otherwise] Accessions number THE NETHERLANDS Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, Leiden Museum voor land-en Volkenkunde, Rotterdam SWEDEN Svenska Handelsbanken,Stockholm SWITZERLAND Museum fur Volkerkunde, Basel See footnotes at end of table. Acquired from Tear acquired Diameter 1109-36 Gift of Mr. P. K. A. Meerkamp van Embden, Consul of the Netherlands in Manila 1896 ca. 24 ca. 2 Vc 47 Purchased from estate of German physician, Dr. Lau, who purchased it in village of Dulukan, Yap, 1909 Acquired from Yapese citizen through administration, transported from Lamer- Ngaff village, 1967 Purchased from 1911 Rautenstrauch- Joest Museum fur Volkerkunde, Cologne, Germany 1951, collected 1909 25.5- 22.5 Mar 1967 150-100 20-15 Thick- Hole diameter Value at time of acquisition Donor's comment, "value equal to a sack of copra equalling an amount of about D. Fl. 1,50" $30 per foot or $150 Surface Rough, interesting tool (?) mark around lip o" hole Stepped 41 Rough, weathered Piece strung with coconut rope
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