Shell Money
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Oct 2014
label: Collection Date
content: 27 Oct 1973
name: label: Collector
content: Connie Mays
label: Collector
content: Jerry Mays
label: Donor Name
content: Connie Mays
notes: label: Notes
content: From donor: "Shell money given to Connie (Bird) Mays and Jerry Mays as a wedding gift on October 27, 1973 by High Chief Rafael Tol (Kolonia, Yap). In Yapese tradition, a man must have enough money to buy his wife. Jerry Mays lived with Tol during his two years as a Peace Corps Volunteer. Tol met Connie as she came into the capital (Kolonia) during the summer to teach English classes at Yap High School. Tol told Jerry the shell money would pay for his bride."
label: Notes
content: Large, flat piece of off-white irridescent shell, with fiber handle attached to one end.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 23 Mar 2015
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kolonia, Yap Island, Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia, Micronesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Yapese
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2069653
label: USNM Number
content: E433580-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Shell Money
physicalDescription: label: Length - Total
content: 28.5 cm
label: Length - Shell
content: 14 cm
label: Width - Shell (Max)
content: 9 cm
label: Thickness - Shell (Max)
content: 0.5 cm