Pitt Rivers Museum Anthropology and World Archaology

 

Africa

 

Salt

Democratic Republic of Congo

 

Collected by Emil Torday

Given to the Museum in 1910

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Salt has been used as currency in Asia, Africa, and Oceania. This packet of salt has been wrapped in palm leaves. It was collected in the Democratic Republic of Congo between 1907 and 1909.

View database record 1910.1.113