40197

Trombash Currency Knife

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:10.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 550.00 USD
Trombash Currency Knife
SOLD
170.00USD+ buyer's premium (34.00)
This item SOLD at 2021 Mar 16 @ 07:31UTC-7 : PDT/MST

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Title: Trombash Currency Knife
Description: Once thought to be another variety of throwing knife, the trombash—made by tribes in the Sudan and Upper Nile regions—is an iron knife with a single curved blade. A trombash was sometimes a symbol of rank as well as currency. This antique example shows wear from use, with some loss to the handle. See Quiggin, p. 68; this piece illustrated in Opitz, p. 358, third from top.
Low Estimate: 300
High Estimate: 550
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