The Stone Money of Yap - Smithsonian Institution
The Stone Money of Yap - Smithsonian Institution
The Stone Money of Yap - Smithsonian Institution
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NUMBER 23<br />
Rai<br />
number<br />
(•illustrated<br />
herein)<br />
•58<br />
59<br />
*60<br />
•61<br />
Location<br />
TABLE.—Rai exported from Tap—Continued<br />
[Measurements in centimeters unless indicated otherwise]<br />
Accessions<br />
number<br />
THE NETHERLANDS<br />
Rijksmuseum<br />
voor Volkenkunde,<br />
Leiden<br />
Museum voor<br />
land-en<br />
Volkenkunde,<br />
Rotterdam<br />
SWEDEN<br />
Svenska<br />
Handelsbanken,Stockholm<br />
SWITZERLAND<br />
Museum fur<br />
Volkerkunde,<br />
Basel<br />
See footnotes at end <strong>of</strong> table.<br />
Acquired<br />
from<br />
Tear<br />
acquired Diameter<br />
1109-36 Gift <strong>of</strong> Mr.<br />
P. K. A.<br />
Meerkamp van<br />
Embden,<br />
Consul <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Netherlands<br />
in Manila<br />
1896 ca. 24 ca. 2<br />
Vc 47<br />
Purchased from<br />
estate <strong>of</strong> German<br />
physician,<br />
Dr. Lau, who<br />
purchased it<br />
in village <strong>of</strong><br />
Dulukan,<br />
<strong>Yap</strong>, 1909<br />
Acquired from<br />
<strong>Yap</strong>ese citizen<br />
through administration,<br />
transported<br />
from Lamer-<br />
Ngaff village,<br />
1967<br />
Purchased from 1911<br />
Rautenstrauch-<br />
Joest Museum<br />
fur Volkerkunde,<br />
Cologne,<br />
Germany<br />
1951, collected<br />
1909<br />
25.5-<br />
22.5<br />
Mar 1967 150-100 20-15<br />
Thick- Hole<br />
diameter<br />
Value at<br />
time <strong>of</strong><br />
acquisition<br />
Donor's<br />
comment,<br />
"value<br />
equal to a<br />
sack <strong>of</strong><br />
copra<br />
equalling<br />
an<br />
amount<br />
<strong>of</strong> about<br />
D. Fl.<br />
1,50"<br />
$30 per foot<br />
or $150<br />
Surface<br />
Rough,<br />
interesting<br />
tool<br />
(?) mark<br />
around<br />
lip o"<br />
hole<br />
Stepped<br />
41<br />
Rough,<br />
weathered<br />
Piece strung<br />
with<br />
coconut<br />
rope