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- Collection: Money Matters, Tuesday 4/6
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Tea-brick used as currency; one side divided into eight sections each containing various Russian characters and the number 53, the other with two main shapes each with writing and motifs.
moulded tea-leaf, 24.3x18.8x1.9 cm, 554 g
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Inscription note: Torgovyi - in Ukraine. Visokiy - in Ukraine. These appear to be place names in Ukraine, but to be confirmed.
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Inscription note: Torgovyi - in Ukraine. Visokiy - in Ukraine. These appear to be place names in Ukraine, but to be confirmed.
Wampum belt, woven on 19 warps, with in the centre a maximum of 18 rows of beads, made by the Iroquois or Haudenosaunee indigenous confederacy in northeast North America, 1600-1800
Wampum belt, woven on 19 warps, with in the centre a maximum of 18 rows of beads. The warps are of two-ply 'S' twist wool, of native origin?, as are the wefts. The design consists of three rectangles, the one in the middle being 19 beads long and 18…
