A human monument to love and sex in yesterday's Micronesia blossomed in the Western Caroline's Island of stone money, Yap. Reminiscent of ancient Greece's Hetaerae (female ''companions" prized for their witty conversation, musical skill, sexual pleasure and pure entertainment), Yap’s Mispil (a woman of the men's Faluw or Men’s House) is a historical symbol of erotic Micronesia swept away by the priggish winds of Western civilization.

It was a Mispil’s solemn duty to attend to all needs of the men of the Men’s House in which she resides. The Mispil is absolutely faithful to the men of her Faluw and regarded herself as unquestionable property. Her duties were honorable attending Faluw’s dances and celebrations, providing sexual pleasure for Faluw members, and in general, making Faluw life pleasurable.

Migiul, the Mispil of the Faluw of Magachagil Yap, is one of the best known of Yap’s historical Mispils. The haunting portrait that has survived depicts her moodily gazing into space, her eyes slightly squinted, her eyebrows raised. Her left earlobe is pierced and enlarged. A fiber ornament Marfaw of two hibiscus threads worn by Yapese women as a sign of womanhood loops her neck and dangles downward between her breasts She is what she looks- a woman of pleasure, proud and sexy.

A Western traveler who met Migiul described her as a 16 year-old woman with "a sad plaintive expression on her face and with a soft and gentle voice admired by men.” She had a reputation as a remarkable ballad singer and it was an honor for a songwriter to have Migiul introduce his new creation to the public.