4157

"Bat Hoe" and Axe

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:200.00 USD Estimated At:NA
 Bat Hoe  and Axe
SOLD
220.00USD+ buyer's premium (44.00)
This item SOLD at 2021 Mar 12 @ 11:45UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
Lot: 4157
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Title: "Bat Hoe" and Axe
Description: Another well-circulated piece of axe money from the Songe-Luba Region, this with a curved iron blade decorated with a miniature face, with a copper handle (NNP edition, https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/book/541824?page=21, bottom right). Also illustrated as a variety of zappozap in Opitz, p. 383, middle left. Also a Nigerian "bat hoe" currency, used for bride price and currency at Gayum Village; see Opitz, p. 37.
Low Estimate: 550
High Estimate: 650
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