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The use of a transitional cloth-money token among the Wolof
American anthropologist • 57 • Published In 1955 • Pages: 1016-1024
By: Ames, David W..
Abstract
This article discusses the use of cloth as a standardized medium of exchange by the Wolof during the 19th century; the factors effecting its value; its function in 'internal' and 'external' trade; and its probale origin.
- HRAF PubDate
- 1999
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Western Africa
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Ethnologist-5
- Analyst
- Joan Steffens ; 1964
- Coverage Date
- eighteenth-nineteenth centuries
- Coverage Place
- Gambia and Senegal
- Notes
- David W. Ames
- LCCN
- 17015424
- LCSH
- Wolof (African people)