- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- String of cowrie shell currency, broken into four strands [.1-.4] with nine loose shells [.5-.13].
- Geographical reference
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1908
- Date collected
- By 1908
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1908
- Materials and processes
- Material Cowrie Shell, Material Plant Fibre, Process Perforated, Process Strung
- Dimensions
- Length: max 270 mm, Length: max 23 mm, Length: max 105 mm, Length: max 185 mm, Length: max 270 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1908.30.1.1 Accession number: 1908.30.1.2 Accession number: 1908.30.1.3 Accession number: 1908.30.1.4 Accession number: 1908.30.1.5 Accession number: 1908.30.1.6 Accession number: 1908.30.1.7 Accession number: 1908.30.1.8 Accession number: 1908.30.1.9 Accession number: 1908.30.1.10 Accession number: 1908.30.1.11 Accession number: 1908.30.1.12 Accession number: 1908.30.1.13
- Research and responses
Haddon's correct name would seem to be Ernest Balfour Haddon; the 'W' given in the accession book entry appears to be an error [see biographies file; RTS 18/8/2004].
1908.30.1.1
String of cowrie shell currency, broken into four strands [.1-.4] with nine loose shells [.5-.13].
1908.30.1.1
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