Caroline Islands
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The Caroline Islands are a widely scattered archipelago of tiny islands in the western Pacific Ocean, to the north of New Guinea. Politically, they are divided between the Federated States of Micrones
Rai stones on Yap
"Man and Wife of the 'Pimlingai,' or Slave Class," (1903), photograph by Furness. Illustration from The Island of Stone Money: Uap of the Carolines (1910)
Women fishing with nets, Chuuk (1899–1900)
Manila Galleon in the Marianas and Carolinas, c. 1590 Boxer Codex
Yap
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Yap traditionally refers to an island group located in the Caroline Islands of the western Pacific Ocean, a part of Yap State. The name "Yap" in recent years has come to also refer to the state within
Caroline Islands
…island, Kosrae, a state of the FSM. The group consists of about 500 small coral islands, east of the Philippines, in the Pacific Ocean. The distance from Yap (one of the larger Caroline islands) to Manila is 1,200 mi (1,900 km). Most of the islands are made up of low, flat coral atolls, but there are some…
![A large (approximately 2.4 m [7.9 ft] in height) example of Yapese stone money (Rai) in the village of Gachpar](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Yap_Stone_Money.jpg/500px-Yap_Stone_Money.jpg)
A large (approximately 2.4 m [7.9 ft] in height) example of Yapese stone money (Rai) in the village of Gachpar
Traditional style structure with stone money indicating great wealth. The first stones were mined on Palau and carried by outrigger canoe some 450 kilometers (280 mi).
Stone money transport to Yap Island (1880)