tiompan wrote:
FourWinds wrote:
That seems fair enough. To be honest, that's how I'd always thought of the 'trade' in posh polished axes anyway.
Another aspect of the exchange is that the axes will probably go unused unless deposited and may not be of the best quality .
The poor quality of some certainly could be accounted for if they were pretty goods given, say, for a dowry or a peace offering. Actually, I must say that I didn't think of the transfer of these axes in terms of an exchange network, because that implies that something physical was given in return. I always had them in my head as gifts given for less tangible commodities, such as friendship.
