KAGIN'S MARCH 11-15, 2021 AUCTION

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KAGIN'S 2021 AUCTION
MARCH 11-12, 2021 (MARCH 15 INTERNET ONLY)
TIBURON, CA 94920






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"Hippo" Beads, Cowry Shells40112 - "Hippo" Beads, Cowry Shells
Kagin's, Inc
Lot: 40112 Year: Denom: Header: Title: "Hippo" Beads, Cowry Shells Description: In West Africa, chiefly Nigeria and Ivory Coast, cat...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 420.00
Sold for (30.00 + 6.00BP) = 36.00
 
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King Beads, Amber Beads40113 - King Beads, Amber Beads
Kagin's, Inc
Lot: 40113 Year: Denom: Header: Title: King Beads, Amber Beads Description: Examples of two kinds of classic African trade beads are offere
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Estimate : 225.00 - 420.00
Sold for (80.00 + 16.00BP) = 96.00
 
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Secto of  Perfect Idar-Oberstein Beads40114 - Secto of Perfect Idar-Oberstein Beads
Kagin's, Inc
Lot: 40114 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Secto of Perfect Idar-Oberstein Beads Description: Perhaps the most striking African trade goods ar
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Estimate : 200.00 - 350.00
Sold for (60.00 + 12.00BP) = 72.00
 
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Huge Iron Bell40115 - Huge Iron Bell
Kagin's, Inc
Lot: 40115 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Huge Iron Bell Description: Huge iron bell from Nigeria, over a yard long. See Adolfo Bartolomucci,
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold for (70.00 + 14.00BP) = 84.00
 
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Heavy, Grooved Copper Bracelet40116 - Heavy, Grooved Copper Bracelet
Kagin's, Inc
Lot: 40116 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Heavy, Grooved Copper Bracelet Description: The Bidda Trobe of Nigeria cast heavy grooved copper bra
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold for (60.00 + 12.00BP) = 72.00
 
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Fascinating African Anklet40118 - Fascinating African Anklet
Kagin's, Inc
Lot: 40118 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Fascinating African Anklet Description: A cast bronze or brass African anklet of uncertain origin; i
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold for (40.00 + 8.00BP) = 48.00
 
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Antique Burkina Faso Woman's Bracelet40119 - Antique Burkina Faso Woman's Bracelet
Kagin's, Inc
Lot: 40119 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Antique Burkina Faso Woman's Bracelet Description: An antique bronze bracelet as worn by women in Bu
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Estimate : 200.00 - 350.00
Sold for (20.00 + 4.00BP) = 24.00
 
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Decorated Brass Bracelet40120 - Decorated Brass Bracelet
Kagin's, Inc
Lot: 40120 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Decorated Brass Bracelet Description: A well-decorated bracelet of sheet brass, made in Cameroon. Se
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold for (40.00 + 8.00BP) = 48.00
 
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Upper Congo Copper Chain Money40121 - Upper Congo Copper Chain Money
Kagin's, Inc
Lot: 40121 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Upper Congo Copper Chain Money Description: In the Upper Congo River region, rings of thick copper w
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Estimate : 250.00 - 350.00
Sold for (50.00 + 10.00BP) = 60.00
 
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Choice Katanga Cross40122 - Choice Katanga Cross
Kagin's, Inc
Lot: 40122 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Choice Katanga Cross Description: The famous "Katanga Cross," so-called "wife-buying mon...
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Estimate : 125.00 - 350.00
Sold for (50.00 + 10.00BP) = 60.00
 
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Desirable Shaman-Used "Rain Wands"40123 - Desirable Shaman-Used "Rain Wands"
Kagin's, Inc
Lot: 40123 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Desirable Shaman-Used "Rain Wands" Description: Nigeria, Mumuye or Chamba people, a sheaf of ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold for (60.00 + 12.00BP) = 72.00
 
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Impressive Iron Rod Money40124 - Impressive Iron Rod Money
Kagin's, Inc
Lot: 40124 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Impressive Iron Rod Money Description: Also from Nigeria comes an impressive showpiece, an iron rod
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold for (20.00 + 4.00BP) = 24.00
 
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Zaire "8" shapes, Nigerian Iron Money40125 - Zaire "8" shapes, Nigerian Iron Money
Kagin's, Inc
Lot: 40125 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Zaire "8" shapes, Nigerian Iron Money Description: In Zaire, native copper was beaten into fi...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 375.00
Sold for (110.00 + 22.00BP) = 132.00
 
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Copper Double Spiral40126 - Copper Double Spiral
Kagin's, Inc
Lot: 40126 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Copper Double Spiral Description: In Cameroon and Zaire, thick copper wire was formed into wearable
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Estimate : 200.00 - 350.00
Sold for (60.00 + 12.00BP) = 72.00
 
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Heavy Nigerian Dowry Bracelet40127 - Heavy Nigerian Dowry Bracelet
Kagin's, Inc
Lot: 40127 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Heavy Nigerian Dowry Bracelet Description: Giant manilla-like brass bracelets with square ends, very
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Estimate : 225.00 - 500.00
Sold for (140.00 + 28.00BP) = 168.00
 
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Huge Iron Hoe Money40128 - Huge Iron Hoe Money
Kagin's, Inc
Lot: 40128 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Huge Iron Hoe Money Description: When David Livingstone explored Central Africa in 1868, he frequent
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Estimate : 200.00 - 350.00
Sold for (130.00 + 26.00BP) = 156.00
 
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Iron Spearpoint Money, Kwanyama Bridegroom Status Token40129 - Iron Spearpoint Money, Kwanyama Bridegroom Status Token
Kagin's, Inc
Lot: 40129 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Iron Spearpoint Money, Kwanyama Bridegroom Status Token Description: In Gabon, Cameroon, and Equator
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 350.00
Sold for (110.00 + 22.00BP) = 132.00
 
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Valuable Elephant Tail Money40130 - Valuable Elephant Tail Money
Kagin's, Inc
Lot: 40130 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Valuable Elephant Tail Money Description: A fine example of desirable elephant tail money, a must fo
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold for (190.00 + 38.00BP) = 228.00
 
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Mongo People Copper Rod Currency40131 - Mongo People Copper Rod Currency
Kagin's, Inc
Lot: 40131 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Mongo People Copper Rod Currency Description: In the Kinshasa area of the Congo, the Mongo people of
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Estimate : 250.00
Sold for (80.00 + 16.00BP) = 96.00
 
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Congo Execution Knife40132 - Congo Execution Knife
Kagin's, Inc
Lot: 40132 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Congo Execution Knife Description: While hard to believe, special knives used to execute slaves at t
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Estimate : 250.00 - 700.00
Sold for (170.00 + 34.00BP) = 204.00
 
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Fan (Fang) Tribe Bikei Miniature Axes40133 - Fan (Fang) Tribe Bikei Miniature Axes
Kagin's, Inc
Lot: 40133 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Fan (Fang) Tribe Bikĕi Miniature Axes Description: Mary Kingsley visited the Fan (or Fang) T
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold for (190.00 + 38.00BP) = 228.00
 
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Nigerian Iron Double Gong40134 - Nigerian Iron Double Gong
Kagin's, Inc
Lot: 40134 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Nigerian Iron Double Gong Description: Large iron double gongs without clappers are found in Nigeria
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Estimate : 350.00 - 550.00
Sold for (50.00 + 10.00BP) = 60.00
 
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Large Iron Gong40135 - Large Iron Gong
Kagin's, Inc
Lot: 40135 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Large Iron Gong Description: Another large iron gong, in this case a single instrument used for ritu
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Estimate : 200.00 - 450.00
Sold for (160.00 + 32.00BP) = 192.00
 
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Very Rare Earliest Kissi "Pennies"40136 - Very Rare Earliest Kissi "Pennies"
Kagin's, Inc
Lot: 40136 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Very Rare Earliest Kissi "Pennies" Description: Before 1900 Kissi blacksmiths began making lo...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 250.00 - 500.00
Sold for (70.00 + 14.00BP) = 84.00
 
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Rare Nigerian Cup-Shaped Iron Currency40137 - Rare Nigerian Cup-Shaped Iron Currency
Kagin's, Inc
Lot: 40137 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Rare Nigerian Cup-Shaped Iron Currency Description: Per Ballarini, The Perfect Form: On the Track of
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold for (90.00 + 18.00BP) = 108.00
 
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Nigerian Iron Hoe Money40138 - Nigerian Iron Hoe Money
Kagin's, Inc
Lot: 40138 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Nigerian Iron Hoe Money Description: A second example of Nigerian iron hoe money, this one with a na
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Estimate : 250.00 - 400.00
Sold for (130.00 + 26.00BP) = 156.00
 
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Mushroom-Shaped Iron Hoe40139 - Mushroom-Shaped Iron Hoe
Kagin's, Inc
Lot: 40139 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Mushroom-Shaped Iron Hoe Description: A third African iron hoe, of mushroom shape with diamond-shape
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 250.00 - 400.00
Sold for (130.00 + 26.00BP) = 156.00
 
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Mambila People Iron Currency Hoe40140 - Mambila People Iron Currency Hoe
Kagin's, Inc
Lot: 40140 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Mambila People Iron Currency Hoe Description: A fourth currency hoe, this one with double cutouts at
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 300.00 - 750.00
Sold for (170.00 + 34.00BP) = 204.00
 
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Slave-Buying Iron Hoe Money40141 - Slave-Buying Iron Hoe Money
Kagin's, Inc
Lot: 40141 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Slave-Buying Iron Hoe Money Description: A final example of traditional African iron "hoe" mo...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 350.00
Sold for (80.00 + 16.00BP) = 96.00
 
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Nigerian Brass Bracelets40142 - Nigerian Brass Bracelets
Kagin's, Inc
Lot: 40142 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Nigerian Brass Bracelets Description: A pair of Nigerian brass bracelets of the nupe type, character
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold for (190.00 + 38.00BP) = 228.00
 
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Nigerian Copper Bracelet, Antique Kuba Kingdom Knife40143 - Nigerian Copper Bracelet, Antique Kuba Kingdom Knife
Kagin's, Inc
Lot: 40143 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Nigerian Copper Bracelet, Antique Kuba Kingdom Knife Description: Another Nigerian currency, per Bal
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Estimate : 250.00 - 475.00
Sold for (100.00 + 20.00BP) = 120.00
 
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Nigerian Iron, Copper Traditional Currencies40144 - Nigerian Iron, Copper Traditional Currencies
Kagin's, Inc
Lot: 40144 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Nigerian Iron, Copper Traditional Currencies Description: Two further examples of traditional money:
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 225.00 - 500.00
Sold for (80.00 + 16.00BP) = 96.00
 
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Very Rare, Unattributed Iron Currency Objects40145 - Very Rare, Unattributed Iron Currency Objects
Kagin's, Inc
Lot: 40145 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Very Rare, Unattributed Iron Currency Objects Description: Two examples of small (10"-11") Af...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold for (90.00 + 18.00BP) = 108.00
 
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Ceremonial Kuba Tribe War Sword40146 - Ceremonial Kuba Tribe War Sword
Kagin's, Inc
Lot: 40146 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Ceremonial Kuba Tribe War Sword Description: The war sword of the Kuba Tribe was called an iloon; 20
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 225.00 - 350.00
Sold for (140.00 + 28.00BP) = 168.00
 
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Restricted to High-Ranking Women and Chiefs40147 - Restricted to High-Ranking Women and Chiefs
Kagin's, Inc
Lot: 40147 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Restricted to High-Ranking Women and Chiefs Description: This strange double-pointed knife is called
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Estimate : 200.00 - 350.00
Sold for (160.00 + 32.00BP) = 192.00
 
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Iron Throwing Knife Money40148 - Iron Throwing Knife Money
Kagin's, Inc
Lot: 40148 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Iron Throwing Knife Money Description: A long iron throwing knife currency from the Congo; see Balla
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Estimate : 200.00 - 350.00
Sold for (130.00 + 26.00BP) = 156.00
 
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Powerful Kusu Knife, on Stand40149 - Powerful Kusu Knife, on Stand
Kagin's, Inc
Lot: 40149 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Powerful Kusu Knife, on Stand Description: The Kusu people of the southeastern Congo made steel kniv
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Estimate : 250.00 - 350.00
Sold for (80.00 + 16.00BP) = 96.00
 
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Wife-Buying Legband Money40150 - Wife-Buying Legband Money
Kagin's, Inc
Lot: 40150 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Wife-Buying Legband Money Description: Bronze legbands with a design of three raised bands were used
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Estimate : 275.00 - 450.00
Sold for (120.00 + 24.00BP) = 144.00
 
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Kundja Pattern Iron Hoe Money40151 - Kundja Pattern Iron Hoe Money
Kagin's, Inc
Lot: 40151 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Kundja Pattern Iron Hoe Money Description: In the Congo, iron hoes of a particular pattern were call
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Estimate : 250.00 - 350.00
Sold for (90.00 + 18.00BP) = 108.00
 
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Variant Pattern Kundja40152 - Variant Pattern Kundja
Kagin's, Inc
Lot: 40152 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Variant Pattern Kundja Description: A second kundja, of a different pattern. This piece illustrated
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Estimate : 250.00 - 350.00
Sold for (120.00 + 24.00BP) = 144.00
 
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Giant Liganda Spearheads, Both Primary Denominations40153 - Giant Liganda Spearheads, Both Primary Denominations
Kagin's, Inc
Lot: 40153 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Giant Liganda Spearheads, Both Primary Denominations Description: In Central Africa, in the 19th and
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold for (70.00 + 14.00BP) = 84.00
 
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Mangbetu Iron Hoe Money40154 - Mangbetu Iron Hoe Money
Kagin's, Inc
Lot: 40154 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Mangbetu Iron Hoe Money Description: The Mangbetu people of northern Zaire made short iron hoes call
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 250.00 - 400.00
Sold for (110.00 + 22.00BP) = 132.00
 
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Old Excavated Manilla40155 - Old Excavated Manilla
Kagin's, Inc
Lot: 40155 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Old Excavated Manilla Description: A centuries-old excavated manilla, 4" wide—possibly a 16
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Estimate : 250.00 - 350.00
Sold for (210.00 + 42.00BP) = 252.00
 
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Rare Coiled "Manilla"40156 - Rare Coiled "Manilla"
Kagin's, Inc
Lot: 40156 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Rare Coiled "Manilla" Description: A rare copper coiled "manilla;" not a true manil...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 450.00
Sold for (80.00 + 16.00BP) = 96.00
 
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Another Coiled "Manilla"40157 - Another Coiled "Manilla"
Kagin's, Inc
Lot: 40157 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Another Coiled "Manilla" Description: Another coiled "manilla," also not a true man...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 350.00
Sold for (70.00 + 14.00BP) = 84.00
 
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True Coiled Manilla[/b/]40158 - True Coiled Manilla[/b/]
Kagin's, Inc
Lot: 40158 Year: Denom: Header: Title: True Coiled Manilla[/b/] Description: A further coiled manilla, of triangular cross section and with pro
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Estimate : 250.00 - 400.00
Sold for (140.00 + 28.00BP) = 168.00
 
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Very Old Coiled Manilla40159 - Very Old Coiled Manilla
Kagin's, Inc
Lot: 40159 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Very Old Coiled Manilla Description: A final coiled manilla, with four coils and rudimentary flared
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold for (230.00 + 46.00BP) = 276.00
 
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Rare Twisted manilla40160 - Rare Twisted manilla
Kagin's, Inc
Lot: 40160 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Rare Twisted manilla Description: A large, excavated twisted manilla (or a very tightly wound coiled
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Estimate : 250.00 - 350.00
Sold for (100.00 + 20.00BP) = 120.00
 
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Nigerian "Marriage Coin"40161 - Nigerian "Marriage Coin"
Kagin's, Inc
Lot: 40161 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Nigerian "Marriage Coin" Description: From Nigeria comes a manilla-size ring with spiral desi...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold for (150.00 + 30.00BP) = 180.00
 
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Igbo Tribe Anklet Money40162 - Igbo Tribe Anklet Money
Kagin's, Inc
Lot: 40162 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Igbo Tribe Anklet Money Description: The Igbo Tribe of Nigeria used highly decorated anklets of copp
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Estimate : 200.00 - 450.00
Sold for (190.00 + 38.00BP) = 228.00
 
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