TRIBAL SHELL MONEY A group of shell money bracelets and a large string of shells, probably African In western Africa, shell money was usual legal tender up until the mid-19th century. Before the abolition of the slave trade, large shipments of, cowry shells were sent to some of the English ports for reshipment to the slave coast. It was also common in West Central Africa as the currency of the Kingdom of Kongo called locally nzimbu.
TRIBAL SHELL MONEY A group of shell money bracelets and a large string of shells, probably African In western Africa, shell money was usual legal tender up until the mid-19th century. Before the abolition of the slave trade, large shipments of, cowry shells were sent to some of the English ports for reshipment to the slave coast. It was also common in West Central Africa as the currency of the Kingdom of Kongo called locally nzimbu.
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