1 ! 1 posuere POM aul jO Sfauoyy yENsNUEY pUe YNeaA, |evOMPper BPay sGueysx y ‘shaun aang jo Bunzayoo pus Apmis ay) soword of uoyeossy Aauop] [euOTpery eyesrsing 208d ‘sbues "aomg EANQUIENY Uasoine] UOT A HOLS ~ ABYL TESS1 Traditional Money Association Te promote the study and collecting ol Primitive Moneys Exchange Mucka, Traditional Wealth and Unusual Moneys of the world SECRETARY -EDITOR Biannual Publication Mr Col Davidson ‘Subscription $4. 3 Mathoura Place Australia $3.50 Orange, 2800 Overseas $5.50 Australia Contents Traditional Money of Borneo ~ Part 2:Trade Ceramics Graeme Krake 2 Recent auction prices in the Pacific 6 Bits 'n Pieces 7 A Man of Substance - A Man of Renown Col Davidson 8 Dealers’ Doings 14 Not Worth a Bean 15 Down to Earth - the Mondono of the Gende Col Davidson 16 More Edible Earth Col Davidson 18 Primitive Art 19 EDITOR'S MESSAGE. No - I haven't died and gone to Heaven (most of my friends wouldn't be there anyway). My apologies for the extreme delays - both with the Journals and my correspondence - things should get better from now on. No Journal was issued for 1992 and 1993. This is the first Journal for 1994 and the usual format and two journals per year will once again continue, All paid membership will be adjusted for these two lost years (if you were "paid up" until 1992, you are now "legal" until 1994, All the best to you and yours, Co ‘2 TRADITIONAL MONEY OF BORNEO Part 2 - TRADE CERAMICS Graeme Krake Ceramic objects were obtained by the indigenous people of Borneo, through trade with Southem China (from at least the 11h Century), Vietnam, Thailand and japan. Ceramics were also manufactured by local potters who had emigrated from Kwangtung, Province in southern China. Since the 19th Century several studios are known to have existed near kaolin deposits along the coast of Sarawak. Trade ceramics were used for utilitarian purposed, such as the storage of water, rice and rice wine (tuak), and on ceremonial occasions in Sarawak, like the Melanau wedding ceremonies, Kelabit head rites, bride wealth, as fines for offences, and as grave goods, — Plate 1 "Ulou Berian’ was the traditional Melanau "Head of Bride Wealth’, with payment dependant on rank. An upper class bride payment consisted of a blue and white plate (with Chinese characters undemeath), a nine coil gold bangle, and a keris, all placed in a special round wooden box (Plate 1). Plate 2