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