4191

Knife to Drop From Tree?

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:200.00 USD Estimated At:NA
Knife to Drop From Tree?
SOLD
200.00USD+ buyer's premium (40.00)
This item SOLD at 2021 Mar 12 @ 12:06UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
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 prism base. This weighty base makes the knife so unwieldy that some believe that it was intended to be dropped by a native from a limb of a tree onto the back of an animal standing below. Currency use is debated. See Opitz, p. 182 (this example illustrated on p. 185, left, second from bottom)
Low Estimate: 500
High Estimate: 700
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