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Iron Currency Blade

Ngbaka people, DR Congo, 19th/early 20th c.

Iron

H 16.50” x W 8.25” (41.5 x 21.5 cm) (with base: H 23” x W 8” [58.5 x 20.25])

Price: $550.00

 
 

Used in matrimonial payments. Cf. Westerdijk (1984: 31, fig. 123).

Comes with custom stand.

REFERENCES

Westerdijk, Peter. African Metal Implements: Weapons, Tools and Regalia.

Greenvale: Hillwood Art Gallery, 1984. 

 
 
 
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