{"id":16642,"date":"2020-10-28T10:39:52","date_gmt":"2020-10-28T14:39:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/?page_id=16642"},"modified":"2025-05-19T11:26:26","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T15:26:26","slug":"activity-2-status-and-wealth","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/adventures-in-anthropology-program\/activity-2-status-and-wealth\/","title":{"rendered":"Activity 2 &#8211; Status and Wealth"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-row-layout-id16642_60620e-44 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id16642_60620e-44 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id16642_60620e-44 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 2fr) minmax(0, 1fr);}.kb-row-layout-id16642_60620e-44 > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-row-layout-id16642_60620e-44 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 2fr) minmax(0, 1fr);}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kb-row-layout-id16642_60620e-44 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}<\/style><div class=\"kb-row-layout-wrap kb-row-layout-id16642_60620e-44 alignnone wp-block-kadence-rowlayout\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-2-columns kt-row-layout-left-golden kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-mobile-layout-row kt-row-valign-top\">\n<style>.kadence-column16642_5f49b0-44 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column16642_5f49b0-44 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column16642_5f49b0-44 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column16642_5f49b0-44 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column16642_5f49b0-44 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column16642_5f49b0-44 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column16642_5f49b0-44{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column16642_5f49b0-44 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column16642_5f49b0-44 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column16642_5f49b0-44\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<p>Most cultures consider status and power very important.&nbsp; This often (though not always) translates to wealth.&nbsp; Wealth can be expressed in many ways.&nbsp; Clothing is one example &#8212; someone with more power might wear more elaborate or decorated clothing that incorporates rare or difficult-to-produce materials.&nbsp; For example, a lot of work went into making the Navajo chief&#8217;s blanket you can see in the picture to the right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><!-- pagebreak -->We often think of wealth in terms of money, or <strong>currency<\/strong>. Currency is a physical form of money that can be exchanged for goods and services.&nbsp; Cultures had very different ideas of what \u201cwealth\u201d meant. &nbsp;Modern-day Americans, for example, might connect wealth with paper (or digital!) money, but currency is relatively new to history.&nbsp; Other cultures might instead use control of material goods or natural resources to communicate the same idea.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column16642_0bec77-a5 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column16642_0bec77-a5 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column16642_0bec77-a5 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column16642_0bec77-a5 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column16642_0bec77-a5 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column16642_0bec77-a5 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column16642_0bec77-a5{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column16642_0bec77-a5 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column16642_0bec77-a5 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column16642_0bec77-a5\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2020\/06\/Blanket-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2020\/06\/Blanket-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Photograph of Hudson Museum Status and Power exhibit.\" class=\"wp-image-15781\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2020\/06\/Blanket-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2020\/06\/Blanket-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2020\/06\/Blanket-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2020\/06\/Blanket-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2020\/06\/Blanket-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2020\/06\/Blanket-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2020\/06\/Blanket-105x79.jpg 105w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2020\/06\/Blanket-317x238.jpg 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2020\/06\/Blanket-423x317.jpg 423w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2020\/06\/Blanket-634x476.jpg 634w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2020\/06\/Blanket-846x635.jpg 846w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2020\/06\/Blanket-951x713.jpg 951w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2020\/06\/Blanket-1268x951.jpg 1268w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2020\/06\/Blanket-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,2560px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Navajo chief&#8217;s blanket (<a href=\"https:\/\/hudsonmuseum.catalogaccess.com\/objects\/5150\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HM5047<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Can you think of examples of materials or resources that might be considered valuable?&nbsp; If you said gold, silver, or precious stones, then you\u2019d be right!&nbsp; Some cultures would fashion such materials into jewelry, creating a sort of \u201cwearable bank account.\u201d&nbsp; Other cultures, however, used things such as beads, feathers, shells, or bones as currency.&nbsp; You can see various forms of currency in the photos below, including oyster shell and stone money from the island of Yap.&nbsp; Currency does not have value beyond what it is given by people&#8217;s willingness to trade material goods for it.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-gallery-id-16642_6ec865-98 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kb-gal-image-radius, .kb-gallery-id-16642_6ec865-98 .kb-slide-item .kb-gal-image-radius img{border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;;}.kb-gallery-caption-style-cover-hover.kb-gallery-id-16642_6ec865-98 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner .kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption, .kb-gallery-caption-style-below.kb-gallery-id-16642_6ec865-98 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner .kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption{background:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8);}.kb-gallery-wrap-id-16642_6ec865-98.wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery{overflow:visible;}.kb-gallery-wrap-id-16642_6ec865-98.wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery .kt-blocks-carousel{overflow:visible;}<\/style><div class=\"kb-gallery-wrap-id-16642_6ec865-98 alignnone wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-ul kb-gallery-non-static kb-gallery-type-slider kb-gallery-id-16642_6ec865-98 kb-gallery-caption-style-below kb-gallery-filter-none\" data-image-filter=\"none\" data-lightbox-caption=\"true\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-carousel splide kt-carousel-container-dotstyle-dark kt-carousel-arrowstyle-whiteondark kt-carousel-dotstyle-dark kb-slider-group-arrow kb-slider-arrow-position-center\" data-slider-anim-speed=\"400\" data-slider-scroll=\"1\" data-slider-arrows=\"true\" data-slider-fade=\"true\" data-slider-dots=\"true\" data-slider-type=\"slider\" data-slider-hover-pause=\"false\" data-slider-auto=\"\" data-slider-speed=\"7000\" data-show-pause-button=\"false\"><div class=\"splide__track\"><ul class=\"kt-blocks-carousel-init kb-blocks-slider splide__list\"><li class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-slide-item splide__slide\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-inherit kb-has-image-ratio-inherit\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2020\/06\/Jewelry-scaled.jpg\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" alt=\"Jewelry on exhibit - necklaces of gold and jade, obsidian objects for ears and lip.\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2020\/06\/Jewelry-scaled.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2020\/06\/Jewelry-scaled.jpg\" data-id=\"15782\" class=\"wp-image-15782 skip-lazy\"\/><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Various forms of jewelry wealth. Aztec lip plug (<a href=\"https:\/\/hudsonmuseum.catalogaccess.com\/objects\/7354\">HM795<\/a>), Mexican obsidian earspools (<a href=\"https:\/\/hudsonmuseum.catalogaccess.com\/objects\/815\">HM1170<\/a>), Chimu gold earspool (<a href=\"https:\/\/hudsonmuseum.catalogaccess.com\/objects\/6220\">HM6178<\/a>), Panama gold necklace (<a href=\"https:\/\/hudsonmuseum.catalogaccess.com\/objects\/7104\">HM6946<\/a>), Chorotega greenstone and gold necklace (<a href=\"https:\/\/hudsonmuseum.catalogaccess.com\/objects\/5275\">HM5155<\/a>), Cocle cold \u201cconch shell\u201d necklace (<a href=\"https:\/\/hudsonmuseum.catalogaccess.com\/objects\/652\">HM1020<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-slide-item splide__slide\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-inherit kb-has-image-ratio-inherit\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2020\/06\/Oyster-scaled.jpg\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" alt=\"A museum exhibit featuring large shaped pieces of oyster shell on a rope.\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2020\/06\/Oyster-scaled.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2020\/06\/Oyster-scaled.jpg\" data-id=\"15783\" class=\"wp-image-15783 skip-lazy\"\/><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Oyster shell money from Yap (<a href=\"https:\/\/hudsonmuseum.catalogaccess.com\/objects\/6632\">HM6555<\/a>).<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-slide-item splide__slide\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-inherit kb-has-image-ratio-inherit\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2020\/06\/KissiMoney-scaled.jpg\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" alt=\"Museum exhibit featuring long, narrow pieces of metal with wide elements on each end.\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2020\/06\/KissiMoney-scaled.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2020\/06\/KissiMoney-scaled.jpg\" data-id=\"15784\" class=\"wp-image-15784 skip-lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2020\/06\/KissiMoney-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2020\/06\/KissiMoney-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2020\/06\/KissiMoney-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2020\/06\/KissiMoney-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2020\/06\/KissiMoney-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2020\/06\/KissiMoney-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2020\/06\/KissiMoney-105x79.jpg 105w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2020\/06\/KissiMoney-317x238.jpg 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2020\/06\/KissiMoney-423x317.jpg 423w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2020\/06\/KissiMoney-634x476.jpg 634w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2020\/06\/KissiMoney-846x635.jpg 846w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2020\/06\/KissiMoney-951x713.jpg 951w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2020\/06\/KissiMoney-1268x951.jpg 1268w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2020\/06\/KissiMoney-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,2560px\" \/><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Stone money from Yap (<a href=\"https:\/\/hudsonmuseum.catalogaccess.com\/objects\/341\">HM7565<\/a>), Katanga cross (<a href=\"https:\/\/hudsonmuseum.catalogaccess.com\/objects\/6784\">HM6697<\/a>), Ashanti brass anklet (<a href=\"https:\/\/hudsonmuseum.catalogaccess.com\/objects\/1100\">HM1432<\/a>), Hupa male\u2019s carved antler purse (<a href=\"https:\/\/hudsonmuseum.catalogaccess.com\/objects\/876\">HM1226<\/a>), bracelet currency (<a href=\"https:\/\/hudsonmuseum.catalogaccess.com\/objects\/6988\">HM6849<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hudsonmuseum.catalogaccess.com\/objects\/6992\">HM6852<\/a>), Kissi money (ex. <a href=\"https:\/\/hudsonmuseum.catalogaccess.com\/objects\/619\">HM8180<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p><!-- pagebreak -->Many cultures instead used <strong>bartering<\/strong>, directly trading goods and services (for example, a few fish for a new rope).&nbsp; Studying and analyzing money, currency, and systems of bartering can tell Anthropologists a lot about what a culture considers valuable, what resources are close by, and whether they\u2019ve been in contact with other cultures.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-16642_d2267e-b4 .kt-block-spacer{height:60px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-16642_d2267e-b4 .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-16642_d2267e-b4\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\" \/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Activity Time!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Give it a shot yourself! Go to the Status and Wealth activity in your Research Notes.&nbsp; You&#8217;ll need at least one other person and a few things to trade.&nbsp; Pay attention to what gives things value &#8211; are things worth more if there are fewer of them?&nbsp; Do they have different values to different people?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/adventures-in-anthropology-program\/activity-3-belief\/\">Move on to Belief<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most cultures consider status and power very important.&nbsp; This often (though not always) translates to wealth.&nbsp; Wealth can be expressed in many ways.&nbsp; Clothing is one example &#8212; someone with more power might wear more elaborate or decorated clothing that incorporates rare or difficult-to-produce materials.&nbsp; For example, a lot of work went into making the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1351,"featured_media":0,"parent":15408,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/page-withsidebar.php","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16642","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Activity 2 - Status and Wealth - Hudson Museum - University of Maine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/adventures-in-anthropology-program\/activity-2-status-and-wealth\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Activity 2 - Status and Wealth - Hudson Museum - University of Maine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Most cultures consider status and power very important.&nbsp; 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