SHRUNKEN HEADS: THE OPTIMUM FORM OF HARD CURRENCY? I would be happy to pick up o

SHRUNKEN HEADS: THE OPTIMUM FORM OF HARD CURRENCY?

I would be happy to pick up on the scalp, and shrunken head thing. In fact, now that I think about it, I’m not sure shrunken heads aren’t the best form of hard currency we could develop….

SHRUNKEN HEAD MARKET VALUE

In 1919 shrunken heads were worth around $4.00, the equivalent of $57.33. Then in the 1930’s victim heads were made to order for around $25.00, which is around $275.02 in today’s economy. By 1952 a head was advertised in The Times for $250, which would be $2,231.36 now.

Shrunken heads are a light, high value, commodity money substitute.

THE ECONOMICS OF SHRUNKEN HEADS.

OK. Let’s pretend this is a serious question.

Heads are heavy and expensive. (About ten pounds).
Scalps are light and expensive, but easy to fake.
Shrunken heads are costly to produce.
Skull pyramids are costly to produce.

Therefore shrunken heads make an exceptional substitute for a ‘gold standard’. So, buy-in for the franchise, (the number of shares you acquire) can best be paid in shrunken heads.

The skull pyramids are just status symbols that demonstrate one’s contribution to the common good.

QUIZ
For an extra ten points please explain how Inflation can be affected by shrunken-head backed currency, and how inflation can be limited.

HOW TO MAKE A SHRUNKEN HEAD.
(humor)
Optional: the candidate can be alive or dead – choose per taste.
1 – Cut a large ‘bib’ into the flesh of chest to make a large flap to later close the bottom of the neck.
2 – Cut around the back of the neck and a one or two inches of the shoulders and back, completing the ‘bib’.
3 – Slit from the back to the base of the neck to the crest at the rear of the skull.
4 – Pull forward, peeling the skin off the skull. (Note: if candidate is living, assistants will be needed to hold the candidate in place.)
5 – Cook the head at a simmer for 90 minutes – any longer it will lose its hair. It should be 1/3 to 1/4 its original size.
6 – Turn the head, inside out, and scrape off any remaining flesh that may later spoil.
7 – Turn the head right side out, and sew up lips, eyes, back of skull.
8 – Fill with hot rocks to shrink the head further.
9 – Once rocks won’t fit, fill the head with hot sand to shrink it further. (Note: Some professionals only use repeated fillings of sand.)
10 – Fill with lightweight such as sawdust or dry grass, then sew the flap (bib) across the base of the skull.

That’s it. Have fun!!

THE GAULS AND THEIR SHRUNKEN HEADS
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/nov/07/the-gauls-really-did-embalm-the-severed-heads-of-enemies-research-shows