Women, pigs and shells is the title of the first book.It makes clear what being wealthy was all about in the highlands of Papua New Guinea. A man needed a woman to raise his pigs. He needed pigs to buy shells or kina and he needed kina to be able to pay the dowry for his wife.
The first book focuses on the lost forms of money of Africa, Oceania and Asia. It is a 400 page book with lots of photos of the items but also of the usage of the items, taken by travellers in the region.
The price of the book is € 150 ex postage.
WOMEN, PIGS AND SHELLS
Lost forms of money I
Dowry-payments, gravegifts, medium of exchange and status symbol
Cock, don’t have such a big mouth, your mother was just an egg !!
Your mother was just an egg
Lost forms of money II
Dowry-payments, gravegifts, medium of exchange and status symbol
Your mother was just an egg is the title of the second book. It was derived from an Ashanti-saying: Cock, don’t have such a big mouth, your mother was just an egg !! The Ashanti paid for their transactions in gold and weighed the gold with special weights, often related to such a saying. In this case the weight is of course a small cock.
The second book focuses on lost forms of money from America and Europe, gravegifts and (money-)weights.
The price of the second book, also a 400 page A4 format full colour book with hard cover is also € 150 ex postage.
Mad as a Hatter
Lost forms of money I
Mad as a Hatter is the title of this book.
Mad as a Hatter is the title of this book. Beaver fur was a important means of exchange in Americain the 18th and 19th century.
People however also made hats from it. A backdraw was that mercury was used in the hat making process: many hat makers suffered poisoning as a result with symptoms as impeded speech and loss of sensory awareness. They became “mad as a Hatter”.
This book focuses on lost forms of money from America and Europe, offering money and gravegifts.
The price of this book, 265 pages, A4 format, full colour, hard cover is € 100 ex postage.
The three books can be ordered in a box for € 350 incl postage.
