Spoon Money Of Tortoise Shell (Trir)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 5 May 1958
name: label: Donor Name
content: U.S. Department Of Interior
notes: label: Notes
content: From Card: "Round bowl, front margin of bowl turned horizontally and produced to point, short (2") and wide (1 3/4") handle. Made by Ngirangeang of Ngchesar. This is one of the two forms of women's money. [It] is paid to [a] woman by her husband's family in return for good performance of the work she is obliged to do for them; [it] is part of the funeral payment from the husband's family to the wife's family; a woman pregnant for first time eats with such [as] a spoon."
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: E394600-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Shell Money