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Yap’s stone rai served as ceremonial money

AI-generated symbolic illustration of a large stone rai disc on Yap, shown for scale. It is an illustrative reconstruction, not a documentary photograph or specific authenticated stone. Generated with OpenAI image generation; no external source or reuse license applies.

AI-generated symbolic illustration of a large stone rai disc on Yap, shown for scale. It is an illustrative reconstruction, not a documentary photograph or specific authenticated stone. Generated with OpenAI image generation; no external source or reuse license applies.

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On the Micronesian island of Yap, people carved large stone rings called rai. They were not carried in a pocket or used for daily shopping: rai were used for important ceremonial payments and signaled a family’s wealth and status. Even when ownership changed, a heavy stone could stay where it was, with the community recognizing the new owner.