April Online Auction (Sale #347)
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Lot 270:
Description
Ethnographic Iron and Copper Alloy Currency Object Assortment
Approximately (40) total items including (3) Aztec axe monies from Mexico, (3) Larin cotter pin shape currency from India, (4) Chinese Warring States knife monies and from Africa an Igbo Manilla bracelet, (2) Katanga crosses, (4) currency blades and hoes including Mumuye and Afo, (5) Mumuye or Fulant tajere currency bars, (5) Kissi ‘pennies’, a Nigerian parapare spatula and a Kru or Grebo currency ring; together with (2) Ashanti figural weights, (3) cowrie shell shaped weights, a Papua New Guinea boar tusk necklace, (2) trade bead necklaces, (3) loose beads, an iron arrowhead and (6) unidentified items
Property from: an Estate, Peoria, Illinois
Length: 16 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: 12:37 pm CST
Shipping Status:
Shipping Quote
Last modified: April 3, 2026, 9:47 am
Condition report:
overall moderate to heavy wear, oxidation, (2) Chinese knife money broken into two pieces, one with loss, iron arrowhead having broken barb, not including display case
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