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Kirdi primitive iron currency - Nigeria - African Art

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Kirdi primitive iron currency - Nigeria - African Art: Title: Kirdi primitive iron currency - Nigeria - African Art Tribal Art Type: Currency Date/Period: Mid 20th century Origin: Nigeria Dimension: 23,62 Inch Weight: 1,59 Pounds Material: Black iron, cot

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Kirdi primitive iron currency - Nigeria - African Art

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Title: Kirdi primitive iron currency - Nigeria - African Art Tribal Art

Description: This primitive African currency takes the form of a hoe with a flat handle. Its surface and contours are finely hatched. In Africa, before the colonial period, payments were never made in coins and transactions were made by means of cowrie shells, beads, livestock, kola nuts, but also metals, especially iron. These primitive currencies were used for commercial and social exchanges, particularly for dowries, but could also be used as parade objects or throwing weapons. In Sierra Leone, goods were valued in relation to iron bars called barriferri. The king usually controlled the production or delivery of the kingdom's currency. The variety of these metal forms is wide, and they sometimes take the form of particularly aesthetic non-figurative sculptures. showing incised teeth.

Type:Currency

Date/Period: Mid 20th century

Origin: Nigeria

Materials: Black iron, coton

Dimensions: 23.62 Inch

Weight: 1.59 Pounds

Reserve: $183.00

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