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Oceania & the Pacific · Port Moresby to Gulf of Papua, PNG · G062

Hiri Voyage

Clay pots sailed west by lakatoi and traded for sago.

Front of Hiri Voyage: 20 Sails, inspired by Hiri trade voyages, with actual Noun #57
Front · 150 × 75 mm
Back of Hiri Voyage: the Hiri trade voyages tradition, how a note would work, and the traits of Noun #57
Back · the tradition

Security Edition v2

The same note set like a banknote: full engraved portrait of Noun #57, guilloche, watermark, thread, foil stripe and microtext, all printed art. What's on it

Security Edition front of Hiri Voyage: a line-engraved portrait of the full actual Noun #57 in a guilloche oval beside a watermark window, thread and holographic-look stripe
Security Edition · front
Security Edition back of Hiri Voyage: a color medallion of Noun #57 in a guilloche rosette, with the note's story
Security Edition · back
v2 front SVG ↓ v2 back SVG ↓

The tradition · voyages into the 20th c.

Hiri trade voyages

Each year Motu men sailed lakatoi canoes up to about 400 km west carrying clay pots made by Motu women, which Gulf of Papua communities traded for sago and canoe logs.

Source: Historicizing Motu ceramics and the hiri trade (James Cook University ResearchOnline) ↗

How a note would work

Sails are earned by making or carrying goods for a seasonal swap between two communities and spent on staples the other side produces. They are never bought or cashed out.

Design concept inspired by this tradition, not issued by or for the people who keep it. Not legal tender, not for sale, no cash value, no redemption and no investment rights.

Front SVG ↓ Back SVG ↓ Machine edition
  • PlacePort Moresby to Gulf of Papua, PNG
  • Eravoyages into the 20th c.
  • RegionOceania & the Pacific
  • UnitSail · Sails
  • Face value20 Sails
  • SerialGB-G062-N0057
  • NounActual Noun #57 ↗
  • Why this NounA pie dish is a fair stand-in for a clay pot, and the anchor on its chest is for the voyage.
  • Headpie
  • Glassessquare blue med saturated
  • Bodyorange
  • Accessorybling anchor
  • Seedbg 1 · body 19 · acc 6 · head 153 · glasses 4