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East Africa, necklace formed of 250 large Cowries double strung on fibre, some with traces of black dye, approx. length 75cm (Quiggin pp.93, 99). A nice example, very fine, rare (£150-200)

Plate IX. Whilst cowries were used throughout most of Africa they were more extensively used in Uganda