The Stone Money of Yap - Smithsonian Institution

Contents
PREFACE v
INTRODUCTION 1
ACCOUNTS OF FOREIGN VOYAGERS 2
Yap Is Sighted by the Foreigner 2
Early Accounts of Rai 2
The Pivot of Change 4
The Foreigners Come to Stay 5
THE MAZE OF SCIENTIFIC ACCOUNTS 8
Descriptions of the Stones 8
Quarrying and Shipping Practices 9
Local Uses 11
FOREIGN INTERPRETATION OF VALUE 13
LOCAL INTERPRETATION OF VALUE 16
A Judicial Account 16
Transfer of Traditional Yapese Monies 17
AND Now THE ORIGIN QUESTION . . 19
APPENDIX 1: Civil Action No. 25 22
APPENDIX 2: Yap Islands Congress, Resolution No. 10-65 26
APPENDIX 3: Yap District Code, Part B, Traditional Property 27
NOTES 28
REFERENCES 33
TABLE 37
FIGURES 57
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