April Online Auction (Sale #347)

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African Iron Currency Object and Weapon Assortment

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Start price: $300

Estimated price: $600 - $800

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Description

African Iron Currency Object and Weapon Assortment

(10) total items including currency objects comprising a Ngebele or Liganda iron sword, a Mbole currency spear blade, an Lyembe serpentine coil and an Idoma currency stick as well as weapons including a Kuba flared-blade knife, a likely Mossi throwing axe, a short spear from Sierra Leone, a Maasai long spike spear head and an unidentified spear having 2-piece metal-wrapped screw-together shaft; together with an unidentified, likely Oceanic, reed arrow or dart having a barbed carved wood head and woven split rattan wrapping

Property from: an Estate, Peoria, Illinois

Length: 82 1/2 inches, Width: 4 inches (longest)

Disclaimers: item(s) may retain a residual smoke odor consistent with proximity to a fire event; complete odor removal cannot be guaranteed

Category: Collectibles > Ethnographic

Estimated Sale Time: 12:36 pm CST

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Last modified: April 7, 2026, 2:55 pm


Condition report:

overall light to moderate wear consistent with normal use, oxidation