4199

Manjang (Zong) Bride Price Money

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:200.00 USD Estimated At:NA
Manjang (Zong) Bride Price Money
SOLD
240.00USD+ buyer's premium (48.00)
This item SOLD at 2021 Mar 12 @ 12:11UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
Lot: 4199
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Title: Manjang (Zong) Bride Price Money
Description: At the beginning of the 20th century, traders of the N'Goko Sangha Company offered anchor-shaped pieces of sheet iron in exchange for ivory and rubber. These manjangs, or zongs, as they were called, were accepted as a form of money and used throughout the 20th century (some say) for marriage payments among the Bendjabi and Nzabi Tribes of the Ogooue' Basin, and circulated in neighboring areas as well. See Opitz, p. 209 (this piece illustrated, left, second from top).
Low Estimate: 550
High Estimate: 800
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