Large glass bead used as currency. [LKG 15/12/2009]

Collection type: Object
Description: Large glass bead used as currency. [LKG 15/12/2009]
Long description: Large glass bead used as currency. Blueish-white in colour with an opaque appearance. The bead has flat top and bottom sides with rounded edges. On its rounded sides the bead is marked with many very small flecks of brown. [LKG 15/12/2009]
Geographical reference: Zambia
Africa > Eastern Africa > Zambia
Person: Field collector Edward Humphrey Lane Poole; PRM source Edward Humphrey Lane Poole
Date
Date collected: August 1917
Acquisition information: Donated: 1920
Materials and processes: Material Bead, Material Glass
Dimensions: Diameter: max 19 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1920.53.2

Search terms: Bead, Currency, Token

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