[Oe List ...] {Spam?} Katanga crosses

[Charles or Doris Hahn]

John,  
I could not get the Katanga Crosses to come up.  Have
any ideas?
Charles
--- John Cock <jpc2025 at triad.rr.com> wrote:

> Thank you, David, for this. Interesting history on
> web site you give below.
> 
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> Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 12:29 AM
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> Katanga crosses.
> 
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<http://www.flickr.com/photos/misscellania/1575211106/>
> 450_katangacross
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>  <http://mcclungmuseum.utk.edu/objectmo/ob-9802.htm>
> Katanga crosses were
> used as currency in the copper mining region of what
> used to be Zaire, in
> Africa. They are made of copper and range from about
> a half-pound to 2.5
> popunds. They are also associated with ritual, as
> they were buried with the
> dead. The crosses predate Christianity in the area,
> but missionaries adapted
> the symbolism of the cross for their own purposes.
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katanga> Katanga was
> an independent nation for
> a brief period, from 1960-1963, during which time
> they issued new national
> coins, francs, with a picture of the Katanga cross
> on them! 
> 
> http://mcclungmuseum.utk.edu/objectmo/ob-9802.htm
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