World History

From "How Chiefs Come to Power" (not to be confused with "How Chefs Come to Power"), about political economy and prehistory by Timothy Earle, on Captain James Cook's landing on the Hawai'i islands:
"The Hawaiians eagerly traded food, feathers, and sexual service for novel European goods, especially iron."
I like how feathers fall in the top three things the average islander values, and also how it is before sexual service.
I would personally do anything for European goods such as iron, but I would be very cautious when negotiating away my feathers.