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Primary money - Africa - around 1900, 2 chains, pre-coinage currency, so-called primitive money. means of payment, so-called primitive money, 1x necklace of banded agate (carnelian), ashlars threaded on bead thread, double-stranded middle section on cord, stringing probably later, l total approx. 40 cm, ashlars l approx. 1.5 - 2.5 cm, 1x necklace of 'Bushman beads' (the pre-coinage South African means of payment called Bushman beads by Europeans are among the oldest African bead types at all, these beads were made by Bushmen from round-cut shell parts of ostrich eggs and are said to have been used as a means of payment by some Namibian tribes until the 20th century, source internet), threaded on string, signs of age and use, probably later, on string, probably later, L total approx.

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Primary money - Africa - around 1900, 2 chains, pre-coinage currency, so-called primitive money. means of payment, so-called primitive money, 1x necklace of banded agate (carnelian), ashlars threaded on bead thread, double-stranded middle section on cord, stringing probably later, l total approx. 40 cm, ashlars l approx. 1.5 - 2.5 cm, 1x necklace of 'Bushman beads' (the pre-coinage South African means of payment called Bushman beads by Europeans are among the oldest African bead types at all, these beads were made by Bushmen from round-cut shell parts of ostrich eggs and are said to have been used as a means of payment by some Namibian tribes until the 20th century, source internet), threaded on string, signs of age and use, probably later, on string, probably later, L total approx.

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