4175

Two Cowry-Covered Items

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:200.00 USD Estimated At:NA
Two Cowry-Covered Items
SOLD
500.00USD+ buyer's premium (100.00)
This item SOLD at 2021 Mar 12 @ 11:58UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
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 additional blue glass trade beads) and a round box. Both examples are ex Detroit Money Museum, 1965, and are illustrated in the NNP edition, https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/book/541824?page=181 (also p. 182).
Low Estimate: 515
High Estimate: 850
Pedigree Collection: Ex Detroit Money Museum Nov. 30, 1992 (Craig A. Whitford auction), ex Nate S. Shapiro Collection (museum opened April 28, 1960).