mago¹ teeth of small bats which are threaded and used as traditional money

• • teeth of small bats which are threaded and used as traditional money
  • • economics

  • • Example 151:
      

      Amarao na hee riori bono kara kuriri ge o mago.

      The guardians are given either shell money or bats' teeth.

      Source: Mah 02R 038

    • Example 4026:
      

      meo kuriri kou bara o mago, o taba o suunano.

      and the shell money and the bats teeth, the chiefly valuables.

      Source: Daa 01R 144

    • Example 4027:
      

      Ovana mene vaatei komana guvi rivuhu, o rivuhu vai a henanae o mago.

      Red clay for keeping inside the coconut container of traditional valuables, the name of these traditional valuables is "mago".

      Source: SiiSen 01W 413

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• See also:
  • amarao guardian and instructor of the boys going through initiation who teaches them the culture and their responsibilities in the society