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

Made:: 1871-1925

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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

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

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