The Americas · Chiloé Archipelago, Chile · G072

Minga de Tiradura

Neighbours and oxen haul a wooden house to its new home.

Back of Minga de Tiradura: the Minga de tiradura (house-moving minga) tradition, how a note would work, and the traits of Noun #95 — Back · the tradition

Security Edition v2

The same note set like a banknote: full engraved portrait of Noun #95, guilloche, watermark, thread, foil stripe and microtext, all printed art. What's on it

Security Edition front of Minga de Tiradura: a line-engraved portrait of the full actual Noun #95 in a guilloche oval beside a watermark window, thread and holographic-look stripe — Security Edition · front

Security Edition back of Minga de Tiradura: a color medallion of Noun #95 in a guilloche rosette, with the note's story — Security Edition · back

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The tradition · long-standing; still practised

Minga de tiradura (house-moving minga)

In Chiloé's minga de tiradura, neighbours move a family's wooden house on log rollers with ox teams, sometimes floating it across the water; the owners repay the help with a meal.

Source: Minga (Wikipedia, español) ↗

How a note would work

Oxen are earned by lending strength, tools or a team to a neighbour's big move and spent when your household needs a crew; the host serves a meal. 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

PlaceChiloé Archipelago, Chile
Eralong-standing; still practised
RegionThe Americas
UnitOx · Oxen
Face value2 Oxen
SerialGB-G072-N0095
NounActual Noun #95 ↗
Why this NounA house, mid-journey: the whole minga revolves around one.
Headhouse
Glassessquare teal
Bodyhotbrown
Accessorytxt dope text
Seedbg 1 · body 16 · acc 110 · head 107 · glasses 17