Cowrie Shells

African Currency
Date: 
1890
Collection: 
Campbell Collections
Contributor: 
South African Panorama Newspaper
Resource Type: 
Photographs
Language: 
English
Coverage: 
KwaZulu-Natal
Resource Identifier: 
Z288
File Type: 
Picture
Extent: 
1
Rights Holder: 
Campbell Collections

Cowrie shells used as currency to buy slaves and ivory.

Access Rights: 
This photograph may not be reproduced and published without permission from the Killie Campbell Museum. Campbell Collections has exclusive rights to this photograph. Photographs are available for sale. For more information please phone 031 260 1712/22,CampbellCollections@ukzn.ac.za.
Posted by: Luleka22
On: Tuesday, June 7, 2022 - 09:20