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Huge Bongo Tribe Iron Money

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:300.00 USD Estimated At:NA
Huge Bongo Tribe Iron Money
SOLD
300.00USD+ buyer's premium (60.00)
This item SOLD at 2021 Mar 12 @ 12:10UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
Lot: 4198
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Title: Huge Bongo Tribe Iron Money
Description: An enormous heart-shaped sheet iron piece with two projections, called a loggoh kullut (loggoh kullutty), was the circulating medium of the Bongo Tribe of Central Africa; it was described by Major Denhan (Narrative..., London, 1826), who visited the area in 1824. See H.A. MacMichael, The Tribes of Northern and Central Kordofán (Cambridge: 1912), p. 67, and Opitz, p. 205 (this piece illustrated).
Low Estimate: 600
High Estimate: 950
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