40150

Wife-Buying Legband Money

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:10.00 USD Estimated At:275.00 - 450.00 USD
Wife-Buying Legband Money
SOLD
120.00USD+ buyer's premium (24.00)
This item SOLD at 2021 Mar 16 @ 07:31UTC-7 : PDT/MST

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Title: Wife-Buying Legband Money
Description: Bronze legbands with a design of three raised bands were used as a form of money by the Ekonda Tribe of Zaire; originally these were named konga, or possibly barkonga, and were used in wife buying. This example cracked upon removal; see Opitz, pp. 201-02.
Low Estimate: 275
High Estimate: 450
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