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Global Barter / Oceania & the Pacific / G052

Oceania & the Pacific · Arnhem Land coast, NT, Australia · G052

Trepang Season

Makassar crews traded cloth and tools for access to trepang.

Front of Trepang Season: 12 Praus, inspired by Macassan (Makasar) trepang trade with Yolŋu, with actual Noun #61
Front · 150 × 75 mm
Back of Trepang Season: the Macassan (Makasar) trepang trade with Yolŋu tradition, how a note would work, and the traits of Noun #61
Back · the tradition

Security Edition v2

The same note set like a banknote: full engraved portrait of Noun #61, guilloche, watermark, thread, foil stripe and microtext, all printed art. What's on it

Security Edition front of Trepang Season: a line-engraved portrait of the full actual Noun #61 in a guilloche oval beside a watermark window, thread and holographic-look stripe
Security Edition · front
Security Edition back of Trepang Season: a color medallion of Noun #61 in a guilloche rosette, with the note's story
Security Edition · back
v2 front SVG ↓ v2 back SVG ↓

The tradition · c. 1700s–1907

Macassan (Makasar) trepang trade with Yolŋu

For generations until 1907, prau crews from Makassar sailed to Arnhem Land to harvest and process trepang, giving Yolŋu people cloth, tobacco, rice and metal tools for access and help.

Source: Trade with Makasar – Defining Moments (National Museum of Australia) ↗

How a note would work

Praus are earned by sharing local knowledge or help with visiting crews and spent on the tools, cloth or food they bring. 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
  • PlaceArnhem Land coast, NT, Australia
  • Erac. 1700s–1907
  • RegionOceania & the Pacific
  • UnitPrau · Praus
  • Face value12 Praus
  • SerialGB-G052-N0061
  • NounActual Noun #61 ↗
  • Why this NounA trepang, or sea cucumber, looks remarkably like a pickle.
  • Headpickle
  • Glasseship rose
  • Bodydarkpink
  • Accessorydragon
  • Seedbg 0 · body 7 · acc 47 · head 152 · glasses 0