Lot 9006

Ethnographic trade and currency items: Canadian Hudson Bay fur trade porcelain bead strand (18th cent.); New Guinea braided tobacco stick money (19th cent.); Melanesian shell disk money from New Ireland (19th–early 20th cent.); Native American wampum strand of shell beads (pre-19th cent. usage); Venetian glass slave trade bead necklace with several loose beads (c. 1750), found in North African slave quarters; added, one small blue stone scarab (authenticity not confirmed): lot of 7 various ethnographic trade currencies (incl. glass, shell, and botanical material)