String of 21 cowrie shells used as currency and representing approximately the value of one penny

Made:
1871-1925
String of 21 cowrie shells used as currency and representing

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String of 21 cowrie shells used as currency and representing approximately the value of one penny, Ugandan, 1871-1925

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Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A198966
type:
money