Miscellaneous
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Lot 1076 Session 4 (4.30pm Tuesday 18th November) Miscellaneous
Estimate $100
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PRIMITIVE MONEY, Africa, Nigeria?, uncertain area currency, bell money as a cast iron bell with handle shaped like a boat with two balls as ringers, length 12cms, external width 6 cm., overall height 6.5 cm, weight 340 g; (Opitz -). Very fine and rare.
This iron bell form functioned as an animal bell with its ring for attachment, it could also have been used as currency.
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