Men's House, Model (Abai)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 5 May 1958
name: label: Donor Name
content: U.S. Department Of Interior
notes: label: Notes
content: From Card: " Wooden: thatched nipa palm roof sewed with hibiscus fiber and secured with sennit. A meeting place of respected men (rubaks). Designs: bird with long beak, supposed to lay money instead of eggs (delerrok); man with money on gable (chelebuchub): abstract design with saw-like edges representing giant clam (kim). Painting on beams and gable fronts tell stories. Made by Mengesebuuch of Ngeremlengui village."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 24 Sep 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Ngeremlengui, 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: E394597-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: House Model