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Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 9-16378, described as Money Belt: twined cotton in white, red, blue with brass buttons. Length 81 cm., width 6.5 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 5-14576, described as Money belt, "ukenda." Goat leather stitched with white cotton thread with a metal belt buckle. Length 94 centimeters, width 5.5 centimeters. Made by men of the Wasiyu and is buckled around the Kikoi (male skirt) as decoration, holding knives and storing money by Swahili men.

Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 9-16379, described as Money Belt: cotton, looped (?) in white, red and blue. Length 92.5 cm., width 6.1 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Coin, accession number 5-4715, described as Copper “santim” (centime). Obverse: bust of Haile Selassie and date “1937” in Ethiopian calendar. Reverse: Lion (symbol of Ethiopia) and inscription. Denomination: .05 (two franc) Diameter: 2 cm. Date collected: ca. 1965 Remarks: .5 and .10 santim coins most common; date always kept same on coins (i.e. 1937 in Ethiopian calendar).

Hearst Museum object titled Coin, accession number 5-4716, described as Copper “santim” (centime). Obverse: bust of Haile Selassie and date “1937” in Ethiopian calendar. Reverse: Lion (symbol of Ethiopia) and inscription. Denomination: .10 santim Diameter: 2.3 cm. Date collected: ca. 1965 Remarks: .5 and .10 santim coins most common; date always kept same on coins (i.e. 1937 in Ethiopian calendar).

Hearst Museum object titled Coin, accession number 2-65410, described as Chinese? coin

Hearst Museum object titled Coin, accession number 5-4714, described as Copper “santim” (centime). Obverse: bust of Haile Salassie and date “1937” in Ethiopian calendar. Reverse: Lion (symbol of Ethiopia) and inscription. Denomination: .01 Diameter: 1.6 cm. Remarks: .5 and .10 santim coins most common; date always kept same on coins (i.e. 1937 in Ethiopian calendar).

Hearst Museum object titled Coin, accession number 1-153742, described as Silver half dollar; U.S.; dated 1856.

Hearst Museum object titled Coin, accession number 1-164947, described as Coins. Metal. United States; 1938 cent piece, 1939 5 cent piece, 1941 5 cent piece.

Hearst Museum object titled Coin, accession number 5-4713, described as The Maria Theresa “thaler”, originally an Austrian coin, was introduced into Ethiopia in the mid-19th century. It remained the coin most generally accepted until the currency reform of 1945. Even today these coins, though officially outlawed, circulate in a few remote parts of the country and are hoarded by all peoples everywhere, for they are esteemed both for their intrinsic value and for their decorative design.

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