Rai Stone, Yap, 20th century
date: label: date made
content: 20th century
notes: label: Description
content: This stone ring is money from the Pacific island of Yap. It weighs 168.5 pounds and is not intended to circulate like a coin. Instead its use has been reserved for significant or ceremonial payments, such as dowries. The stone ring has also represented accumulated wealth and conveyed social status. Some stone rings are so large and heavy that they cannot be moved, but changes in ownership of the rings are acknowledged by the community on Yap.
place: label: place used
content: Federated States of Micronesia: Yap, Yap
label: Associated Place
content: Federated States of Micronesia: Yap
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
label: Exhibition
content: Value of Money
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Feingold, Ellen R.. Value of Money, The
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Chase Manhattan Bank
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.1263.00428
label: catalog number
content: 1979.1263.00428
label: accession number
content: 1979.1263
objectType: label: Object Name
content: stone money
label: Object Name
content: alternative currency
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: mineral aggronate, stone (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: light brown (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: dark brown (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: chiseled, holed, rounded, hand (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 cm x 71 cm; 4 23/32 in x 27 15/16 in