Miscellaneous
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Lot 2475 Session 8 (2.30pm Wednesday 25 March) Miscellaneous
Estimate $50
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PRIMITIVE MONEY, Africa, Zaire or Congo, anchor or lance money, in copper, attributed to Bangala (Opitz p.102, Althoff p.30) and Lobala and Banja groups of the Ngbaka people (Ballarini B5.145, Westerdijk, 1984, #123), length 19 cm, width 15cm, with single row of stippled decoration around the edge and a similar double band across the lance. Very fine and rare.
These unusual shaped objects could also have been used as currency.
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