Woshele
| Woshele | |
|---|---|
| Information | |
| Weapon type: | Knife, throwing knife |
| Designations: | Woshele |
| Use: | Weapon, barter, currency |
| Region of origin / author: |
Africa |
| Lists on the subject | |
Woshele is a type of African throwing knife . This type is also known as throwing knife money and is one of the early forms of currency in Africa. Woshele were made of iron .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Alison Hingston Quiggin A survey of primitive money: the beginning of currency Taylor & Francis, 1949, pp. 68f.
Web links
- Eucoprimo (European Association for Researching, Collecting and Preserving Original and Extraordinary Forms of Money)