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Liganda or Ngbele, pre-coinage means of payment or bride price, so-called sword money

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Liganda or Ngbele, pre-coinage means of payment or bride price, so-called sword money

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Liganda or ngbele
Pre-coinage means of payment or bride price
So-called sword money
Topoke
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Forged sheet iron in the style of a sword blade
Height 170 cm

Literature:
A. Hingston Quiggin, A Survey of Primitive Money: The Beginnings of Currency, London 1978, p. 64, plate 1, no. 12.
Roberto Ballarini, The Perfect Form: On the Track of African Tribal Currency, Milan 2009, pp. 282/83.

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Liganda or Ngbele, pre-coinage means of payment or bride price, so-called sword money

Name: Liganda or Ngbele, pre-coinage means of payment or bride price, so-called sword money
SKU: 175876486
Price: 150 EUR
Availability: InStock

Estimate €200 - €400

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Starting Price €100

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