Tobacco coil

Made:
1880-1930
Tobacco coil, three turns

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Tobacco coil, three turns
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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)