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Artist BENJAMIN WATERHOUSE HAWKINS
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A print from 1845 shows cowry shells being used as money by an Arab trader. BENJAMIN WATERHOUSE HAWKINS / SSPL / THE IMAGE WORKS
Date 1845
Medium print
Source/Photographer Science & Society Picture Library

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