Raai stones

Limestone disks ranging in diameter from about 15cm up to 3 or 4 metres. Their worth is in their history, which is to say they are tokens tied to an oral recounting of ownership: their value is in their anecdotal heft. The stone, particularly if it’s a larger example, may stay in the same spot, in the same home, for hundreds of years, but ownership will transfer from family to family, or village to village, as the stone’s story is passed on in social transactions such as marriage, inheritance, political alliances, hostage ransom, and so on. Very occasionally, they are used to buy food.