Primitive Money
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Lot 5810 Session 17 (11.30am Fri 26 Nov) Primitive Money
Estimate $60
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NIGERIA, primitive brass currency as a bracelet, diameter 68mm, used by the Tera Tribe of Bornu Province; Metal hooks (Anyun) average 26-30mm length (5) from Enugu, Eastern Nigeria; Maldive Islands a group of (5) various denominations, of the 19th-20th century. Very fine. (11)
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