I · Circulation
03
Memory outlasts the ledger
Carved across six centuries, transferred by word of mouth alone.
Rai stones still in active oral ownership, by century carved
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
94%
87%
78%
64%
51%
Before 1600
1600 – 1650
1650 – 1700
1700 – 1750
1750 – 1800