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SAW KUB PHIJ CUAM

Gold is passed down as dowry gifts for HMoob daughters. Families that were not able to afford real gold would pass down replicas to their daughters. It is the representation of sending off a daughter in wealth and the display of love from parents to a daughter and their son-in-law.

Gifted Gold Necklace
Wisconsin Historical Society (object)

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Shong Lao

“It’s a form of wealth that she’s passing over to you.”

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