Iron "spade"

Iron spade', elongated disc with two projecting handles

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Iron spade', elongated disc with two projecting handles
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Iron "spade", elongated disc with two projecting handles, used as currency and known as "doctor's fee" or "spade money", Azande, Southern Sudan, 1880-1910

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A652419
Materials:
iron
type:
money
credit:
Anderson, R.G.