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 3/4". Margins are produced in same plane as bottom at each end and at at 2 points on each side to form fish-tail extensions. Made by Ngirangeang of Ngchesar. This is the second of the two forms of woman's money. It 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
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 213418
label: USNM Number
content: E394602-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Shell Money