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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44 SMITHSONIAN STUDIES IN HISTORY AND TECHNOLOGY<br />
Rai<br />
number<br />
(•illustrated<br />
herein)<br />
81<br />
82<br />
•83<br />
•84<br />
•85<br />
Location<br />
a<br />
Museum <strong>of</strong> Kn428<br />
Science,<br />
Buffalo, New<br />
York<br />
<strong>The</strong> Robert H. 11-32430<br />
Lowie Museum<br />
<strong>of</strong><br />
Anthropology,<br />
U. <strong>of</strong> California,<br />
Berkeley<br />
See footnotes at end <strong>of</strong> table.<br />
it<br />
n<br />
TABLE.—Rai exported from Tap—Continued<br />
[Measurements in centimeters unless indicated otherwise]<br />
Accessions<br />
number<br />
1973.14<br />
11-32743<br />
11-32750<br />
Acquired<br />
from<br />
Gift <strong>of</strong> <strong>The</strong>o. J.<br />
Fabik, Rear<br />
Admiral,<br />
Coast Guard<br />
Ret. Presented<br />
to<br />
donor by<br />
<strong>Yap</strong>ese Chief<br />
at commissioning<br />
<strong>of</strong><br />
U.S. Loran C<br />
Station on<br />
<strong>Yap</strong>, 11 Sep,<br />
1964<br />
Knox Collection<br />
Collected by<br />
E. W. Gifford<br />
during<br />
archaeological<br />
investigations<br />
in Micronesia.Obtained<br />
21<br />
May 1956,<br />
from Ada<br />
Ariadna and<br />
Alexander A.<br />
Tretn<strong>of</strong>f,<br />
Rul, <strong>Yap</strong><br />
Collected by<br />
E. W. Gifford<br />
from A. J.<br />
Roboman,<br />
Tomil, <strong>Yap</strong>,<br />
15 May 1956<br />
Collected by<br />
E. W. Gifford<br />
from Kent R.<br />
Groote,<br />
19 May 1956<br />
Tear<br />
acquired<br />
1973<br />
(1964)<br />
Prior to<br />
1936<br />
1956<br />
1956<br />
1956<br />
Diameter<br />
44.5<br />
21-16^<br />
in<br />
(53.5-<br />
42 cm)<br />
24.8<br />
37.7<br />
27.1<br />
Thickness<br />
80 mm<br />
5 in<br />
(13<br />
cm)<br />
5.6<br />
5.3<br />
5.3<br />
Hole<br />
diameter<br />
7<br />
9 in<br />
(23<br />
cm)<br />
5.2<br />
7.7<br />
3.8<br />
Value at<br />
time <strong>of</strong><br />
acquisition<br />
-<br />
Surface<br />
(note d)<br />
Incised,<br />
spokelike<br />
lines<br />
Fairly<br />
smooth,<br />
sharp<br />
edged<br />
hole<br />
"Palau<br />
made<br />
piece"
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