Women's Money "Toluk"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Apr 1982
label: Collection Date
content: 1978
name: label: Collector
content: Mary McCutcheon
label: Donor Name
content: John T. Mccutcheon Jr.
notes: label: Notes
content: SHALLOW, OVAL DISH MADE OF THE STEAMED MOTTLED SHELL OF THE HAWKSBILL TURTLE. FORMED BY PRESSING IN A WOODEN MOLD AFTER STEAMING. SPACED AROUND THE RIM ARE 6 WING-LIKE PROTRUSIONS (SOME OF WHICH ARE SLIGHTLY DAMAGED). HAND POLISHED. THESE SERVE AS A MEDIUM OF EXCHANGE BETWEEN WOMEN ON SPECIAL OCCASIONS. GIFT OF DIRRAUDES (WIFE OF REKLAI LOMISANG, THE FIRST CHIEF OF MELEKEOK).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Mar 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Koror 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: 349811
label: USNM Number
content: E421369-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Money
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 20.3 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 12.2 cm