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 55<br />
Rai<br />
number<br />
(•illustrated<br />
herein)<br />
145<br />
146<br />
147<br />
•148<br />
Location<br />
Smith, Dr. Don,<br />
George<br />
Mason College,<br />
Fairfax,<br />
Va.<br />
Tolentino,<br />
A. M.<br />
Manila,<br />
Philippines<br />
Weinrich, Mrs.<br />
Harriet,<br />
Hawaii<br />
Wilson, Pr<strong>of</strong>.<br />
W. Scott, U.<br />
<strong>of</strong> Guam<br />
TABLE.—Rai exported from Tap—Continued<br />
[Measurements in centimeters unless indicated otherwise]<br />
Accessions<br />
number<br />
Acquired<br />
from<br />
Sale registered<br />
from Andrew<br />
Roboman,<br />
<strong>Yap</strong><br />
Sale registered<br />
from Francis<br />
Defngin,<br />
Wonayan<br />
village, Gagil<br />
municipality,<br />
<strong>Yap</strong><br />
Given by Chief<br />
Andrew<br />
Roboman<br />
at dedication<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>Yap</strong> DistrictLegislature<br />
Bldg.<br />
Tear<br />
acquired Diameter<br />
1970 36-32<br />
cm<br />
21 Sept<br />
1968<br />
29 Aug<br />
1967<br />
1969<br />
18 in<br />
(45.1<br />
cm)<br />
26 in<br />
(66<br />
cm)<br />
Thick- Hole Value at<br />
diam- time <strong>of</strong><br />
eter acquisition<br />
cm 9-4 cm<br />
40X3C 40X30<br />
cm<br />
7.5 cm 7.5 cm<br />
Purchased<br />
for $63<br />
Purchased<br />
for $65<br />
Surface<br />
Brown to<br />
yellowish<br />
color<br />
a<br />
Illustrated by CHRISTIAN, "On Micronesian Weapons," pi. 23: fig. 2.<br />
b<br />
MATSUMURA, "Contributions to the Ethnography <strong>of</strong> Micronesia," p. 164.<br />
c<br />
MIKLUCHO-MACLAY, "Die Insel Wuap," p. 44.<br />
d<br />
Illustrated by MOSHER, "<strong>The</strong> Story <strong>of</strong> <strong>Money</strong>," pi. 9.<br />
e<br />
<strong>The</strong> Museum fur Volkerkunde, Berlin, indicated that three pieces were sold to <strong>The</strong> Chase Manhattan Bank <strong>Money</strong> Museum.<br />
<strong>The</strong> curator <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Money</strong> Museum at the time <strong>of</strong> purchase was Farran Zerbe who wrote in <strong>The</strong> Numismatist, 45 (1932), p. 12, that<br />
the three pieces received measured 12, 26, and 30 inches (30, 65, and 75 cm). <strong>The</strong> 26-inch piece must be the one that the Berlin<br />
museum said was given by Consul Hernsheim in 1897. This original donor said that the item was "worth a piece <strong>of</strong> shell money<br />
<strong>of</strong> the value <strong>of</strong> DM 10."<br />
1<br />
Both Kennedy stones are now in Ambassador David M. Kennedy's home in a Chicago suburb though they have previously<br />
been displayed by various banks.<br />
« "Auction Reports," Australian Coin Review, vol 8, No. 9 (March 1972), p. 15.
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