Project Gutenberg 2024-01-30 Public domain in the USA. 170 Furness, William Henry 1866 1920 10021760 The island of stone money : $b Uap of the Carolines $aPhiladelphia :$bJ.B. Lippincott Company, $c1910. Illustrated with photographs by the author. Peter Becker, Karin Spence and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Island of Stone Money: Uap of the Carolines" by William Henry Furness is an ethnographic account written in the early 20th century. The work explores the culture, society, and unique practices of the people living on the island of Uap in the Caroline Islands. The author dives into various aspects of life on the island, including social structures, traditional beliefs, and distinctive customs like the use of stone money, providing a glimpse into the intersection of indigenous culture and the influences of colonialism. At the start of the narrative, Furness introduces the reader to Uap and its inhabitants, describing his arrival and initial experiences on the island. The narrative captures the enchanting natural beauty contrasted with the challenges of navigating the surrounding reefs. He details the people's gentle disposition and describes the primary settlement and living conditions on the island, emphasizing their simplicity and the hospitality of the residents. He also touches on the impact of colonial governance and the traditions that have been retained despite external influences, setting the stage for deeper explorations into the island's customs, governance, and social life in the subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/cu31924023500543 20220819113701furness 1910 us Reading ease score: 67.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Yapese language Yap (Micronesia) DU Text Category: Archaeology & Anthropology 465187 2025-06-29T03:38:11.251987 text/html 435907 2024-01-30T16:34:05 text/html 3048943 2025-06-29T03:38:22.138900 application/epub+zip 3046437 2025-06-29T03:38:13.665009 application/epub+zip 309023 2025-06-29T03:38:12.298937 application/epub+zip 3766663 2025-06-29T03:38:26.684393 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 3757432 2025-06-29T03:38:21.034011 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 331275 2025-06-29T03:38:08.922956 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 311363 2024-01-30T16:34:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16172 2025-06-29T03:38:26.844373 application/rdf+xml 21662 2025-06-29T03:38:12.596952 image/jpeg 2986 2025-06-29T03:38:12.446939 image/jpeg 2741927 2025-06-29T03:38:11.362996 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia