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Justinian Shepherd ( - fl. 1699)

Relevant locations: Lived at or near Barford St. Michael , Oxfordshire
 References in Documents:
MS Book of Benefactors (MacGregor, ed.)

Justinian Shepherd, from Great Barford in Oxfordshire, gave the Museum an American belt made from the shell money used by the native people of New England (resembling fragments of tobacco pipes). See the Vice-Chancellor's Catalogue, no. 955.

Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Vice-Chancellor (MacGregor, ed.) 955 Cingulum quoddam Americanum ex moneta testaceâ apud Nobæ Angliæ Indigenas receptâ (tubulorum Nicotianæ fragmina referente) confectum. Donavit D. Justinian Shepherd. A kind of American belt made from perforated shell-money used by the natives of New England and resembling fragments of tobacco-pipe stems. Given by Mr Justinian Shepherd.