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According to the book Through Indian Eyes:
The Yurok people of California had a highly developed monetary system based on the shell of the dentalium, a tube-shaped mollusk found in the Pacific coastal waters. The Yurok strung these seashells into chains of dentalia 27 inches long, and that chain formed a basic unit of currrency.
Match the following Yurok goods and services in the first column with their cost in dentalia chains in the second column.
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Goods and services
Boat (large) Doctor's treatment House (ordinary) House (redwood plank) Slave Wife (poor) Wife (wealthy) |
Cost in Chains
1-2 1-2 2 3 5 8+ 10+ |
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