Plate Money Of Tortoise Shell (Toluk)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 5 May 1958
name: label: Donor Name
content: U.S. Department Of Interior
notes: label: Notes
content: From Card: "Elliptical shape, sides raised to height of 1". Margins are turned horizontally in same plane as margins are turned horizontally in same plane as bottom to width of up to 1/4", and are further produced at two places in each side to form fish-tail extensions, and at each end to make a tricornute handle. Made by Ngirangeang of Ngchesar. This money has much the same uses as the spoon money (Nos. 394600 and 394,601) but is more commonly used. Value of this money depends on size."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 12 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Ngchesar, Babeldaob Island, Palau, Micronesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Palauan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 213418
label: USNM Number
content: E394603-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Shell Money