4154 - Yapese Women's MoneyKagin's, Inc
Lot: 4154
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Title: Yapese Women's Money
Description: Also on Yap, a pearl shell was pierced and bound to a sennit cord, which was attach
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4156 - Snakeskin HandleKagin's, Inc
Lot: 4156
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Title: Snakeskin Handle
Description: A pair of well-used African axes: the first is a money axe from the Songe-Luba Region;
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4157 - "Bat Hoe" and AxeKagin's, Inc
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 wit...
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4158 - Old African Trade BeadsKagin's, Inc
Lot: 4158
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Title: Old African Trade Beads
Description: Beads were one of the most common forms of African money: examples of full strin
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4159 - Hollow Silver BeadsKagin's, Inc
Lot: 4159
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Title: Hollow Silver Beads
Description: A group of 17 hollow silver beads and pendants, richly ornamented, believed to be ma
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4160 - More Hollow Silver BeadsKagin's, Inc
Lot: 4160
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Title: More Hollow Silver Beads
Description: A further group of 21 hollow silver beads and pendants, highly decorated.
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4161 - Impressive Silver NecklaceKagin's, Inc
Lot: 4161
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Title: Impressive Silver Necklace
Description: An entire necklace of hollow silver beads and pendants, with inverted teardro
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4162 - Rare Original Bodom BeadKagin's, Inc
Lot: 4162
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Title: Rare Original Bodom Bead
Description: A fine example of rare original bodom bead, as used in Ghana as early as the 16
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4163 - Seven-Layer Chevron BeadKagin's, Inc
Lot: 4163
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Title: Seven-Layer Chevron Bead
Description: A rare 16th century seven-layer chevron bead as used in the African trade, plus
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4164 - Chevron Bead NecklacesKagin's, Inc
Lot: 4164
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Title: Chevron Bead Necklaces
Description: A necklace of 19 old original cylindrical chevron beads and a second necklace of
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4165 - Rare Kiffa BeadsKagin's, Inc
Lot: 4165
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Title: Rare Kiffa Beads
Description: Kiffa beads were made centuries ago in Mauritania from polychrome powder glass in brigh
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4166 - Kiffa Bead CollectionKagin's, Inc
Lot: 4166
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Title: Kiffa Bead Collection
Description: A collection of 36 colorful kiffa beads of various designs, up to 1" long. These b
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4169 - Millefiori Bead CollectionKagin's, Inc
Lot: 4169
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Title: Millefiori Bead Collection
Description: A collection of over 200 millefiori and other beads used in the African trade
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4173 - Bongoombwa RingKagin's, Inc
Lot: 4173
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Title: Bongoombwa Ring
Description: In the Kinshasa region of the Congo, large heavy brass rings called bongoombwa were used
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4174 - Throwing Knife MoneyKagin's, Inc
Lot: 4174
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Title: Throwing Knife Money
Description: One of the oddest of all primitive currencies is African throwing knife money. This
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4175 - Two Cowry-Covered ItemsKagin's, Inc
Lot: 4175
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Title: Two Cowry-Covered Items
Description: This lot consists of two objects covered with money cowry shells, a belt (with a
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4178 - Silver Ethiopian CrossesKagin's, Inc
Lot: 4178
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Title: Silver Ethiopian Crosses
Description: Christian Ethiopia made many crosses of silver; 7 are presented in this lot, pl
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4179 - Cut Maria Theresa ThalersKagin's, Inc
Lot: 4179
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Title: Cut Maria Theresa Thalers
Description: A similar collection of 8 Ethiopian silver crosses, together with a round fini
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4182 - Giraffe TailsKagin's, Inc
Lot: 4182
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Title: Giraffe Tails
Description: "Among all the tribes in East Africa," Stuart Mosher wrote in 1936, "the tails...
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4183 - Hippopotamus TeethKagin's, Inc
Lot: 4183
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Title: Hippopotamus Teeth
Description: Hippopotamus teeth "were used in trade for iron, tobacco rolls, cotton cloth and clot
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4184 - Iron Currency HoesKagin's, Inc
Lot: 4184
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Title: Iron Currency Hoes
Description: Iron hoes of various shapes were used for money by many tribes. In this lot are two s
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4185 - Marriage HoeKagin's, Inc
Lot: 4185
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Title: Marriage Hoe
Description: From East Africa come so-called "marriage hoes;" early in the 20th century, the Madi...
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4186 - Hut Tax TokensKagin's, Inc
Lot: 4186
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Title: Hut Tax Tokens
Description: Two hut tax tokens issued by the British South Africa Company, 1909-10 (round) and 1914-1
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4187 - Execution KnifeKagin's, Inc
Lot: 4187
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Title: Execution Knife
Description: Two impressive examples of knife money: (1) a bangala execution knife of the Ngala Tribe
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4188 - Exotic Tribal KnivesKagin's, Inc
Lot: 4188
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Title: Exotic Tribal Knives
Description: Two African knives: (1) A decorated knife with broad, straight blade, handle wrappe
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4191 - Knife to Drop From Tree?Kagin's, Inc
Lot: 4191
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Title: Knife to Drop From Tree?
Description: The Mbole Tribe favored double-forged iron blades with a heavy, forged iron pri
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4192 - Konda and Zulu KnivesKagin's, Inc
Lot: 4192
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Title: Konda and Zulu Knives
Description: Two further examples of exotic African knife money comprise this lot: (1) A double
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4193 - Famous Zappozap!Kagin's, Inc
Lot: 4193
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Title: Famous Zappozap!
Description: Central Zaire, Lulua Tribe and Nsapo People, Zappozap (kasuyu), named after the notorio
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4195 - Mbole AnkletsKagin's, Inc
Lot: 4195
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Title: Mbole Anklets
Description: Zaire, Mbole Tribe, huge globular women’s Anklet 11" across, small crack; cf. Opi
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4198 - Huge Bongo Tribe Iron MoneyKagin's, Inc
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 log
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4200 - Rare Coiled ManillaKagin's, Inc
Lot: 4200
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Title: Rare Coiled Manilla
Description: A rare excavated example of a coiled manilla, 12" long and weighing 11 lb.; very old
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4204 - Mounted Manilla CollectionKagin's, Inc
Lot: 4204
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Title: Mounted Manilla Collection
Description: A second collection of manillas, of 14 mounted varieties, many identified wit
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