Tobacco coil bound with thin cane strip

Made:
1880-1920 in Democratic Republic of Congo

Tobacco coil bound with thin cane strip, damaged, in three sections, used as currency, Bushango tribe, Belgian Congo, 1880-1920

Details

Category:
Smoking
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A28523
Materials:
complete, tobacco and cane
Measurements:
overall: 16 mm
estimated: 210 mm,
type:
tobacco coil
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)