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Tobacco coil
- Made:
- 1880-1930
![Tobacco coil, three turns](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/432/239/medium_smg00165401.jpg)
Tobacco coil, three turns, and tied with thin strings of cane bound round the coils, used as currency, Southern Congo, 1880-1930
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A163761
- Materials:
- tobacco and binding, cane
- type:
- tobacco coils
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)