KAGIN'S MARCH 11-15, 2021 AUCTION

Lot: 4114 Header: Title: Borneo Copper Kettle Money Description: An outstanding antique copper kettle from Borneo, nicely decorated, with a bi

Lot: 4115 Header: Title: Antique Borneo Copper Kettle Description: Another antique kettle from Borneo, heavily decorated and with the handle s

Lot: 4117 Header: Title: Choice Lavalavas Description: Lavalavas the principal garment of Polynesia, are articles of daily clothing worn as a

Lot: 4118 Header: Title: Better Quality Lavalavas Description: Two lavalavas of finer quality: one red, white, and blue and the other red, whi

Lot: 4119 Header: Title: Rare Grave Ornament Description: In Roviana, Western Province, Solomon Islands, graves are marked with ornaments call

Lot: 4120 Header: Title: Palau Stone Ring Money Description: Limestone rings were formerly used as money in the Palau Islands: see Quiggin, pp

Lot: 4121 Header: Title: Marriage/Bride Price Money Description: Loda, a chain woven of copper wire with enlarged ends, was used as money on S

Lot: 4122 Header: Title: Sex Organ Earring Collection Description: An essential element of bride price on Sumba is mamuli, earrings representi

Lot: 4123 Header: Title: More Unusual Sex Organ Earrings Description: A second collection of mamulis, 12 pieces of a range of sizes from the u

Lot: 4124 Header: Title: Fantastic Gold Sex Organ Earring Description: A mamuli in 12 karat gold (33 g), edged in ropework and enhanced with g

Lot: 4125 Header: Title: Golden Jewel Description: A manggarai, a jewel of gold 60 mm in diameter, in the form of a thin plate with a center h

Lot: 4126 Header: Title: Enormous Shell Ring Money Description: On Choiseul Island, huge shell rings called maulavata are used as money. They

Lot: 4127 Header: Title: Solomon Islands Chief's Money Description: Another mbokomo from the Solomon Islands, a plaque carved from the shell o

Lot: 4128 Header: Title: Māori Prestige Weapons Description: The Māori of New Zealand made stone, nephrite jade, wood, and wha

Lot: 4129 Header: Title: Primitive Bride Price Money Description: In New Britain, mokmoks formed a special currency used for bride price when

Lot: 4130 Header: Title: Giant Alor Island Moko Description: Huge bronze kettledrums or gongs (mokos) were the most highly valued money of Alo

Lot: 4131 Header: Title: Another Famous Moko Description: A second example of this rare and famous currency of Alor Island, somewhat worn from

Lot: 4132 Header: Title: Rare Ancient Moko Description: A third example of an Alor Island moko, very old but in relic condition, with loss of

Lot: 4133 Header: Title: Perfect Kula Ring Valuable Description: The Trobriand Islands are a key link in the kula ring, and mwali is a major v

Lot: 4134 Header: Title: Highly Valuable Bride Price Piece Description: A second mwali, this with all the elements of the previous lot, only m

Lot: 4135 Header: Title: Rossel Island Money Collection Description: The currency of Rossel Island, some 200 miles southeast of New Guinea, is

Lot: 4136 Header: Title: Old Rossel Island Money Strings Description: Rossel Island nkö, on the other hand, is simply a string of ten

Lot: 4137 Header: Title: Supernatural Powers Description: Believed to have supernatural powers, these pendants from Sulawesi, Indonesia, are o

Lot: 4138 Header: Title: Porpoise Teeth String Description: Porpoise teeth are used as money throughout the Solomon Islands, for bride price,

Lot: 4139 Header: Title: Bride Price Bracelets Description: A collection of 8 varieties of bracelets from Sumba, neighbor of Timor, including

Lot: 4140 Header: Title: Additional Bride Price Bracelets Description: A second collection of 8 varieties of bracelets from Sumba, also used a

Lot: 4141 Header: Title: Only for High-Ranking Women Description: Copper and iron rings were worn by high-ranking women of Sumba Island, Indon

Lot: 4142 Header: Title: Sharks for Head, Hands, and Feet! Description: The southern Solomon Islands used clamshell disks incised with fantast

Lot: 4143 Header: Title: Giant Clam Shell Ring Description: On the Tanga Islands, the major form of wealth consisted of grooved shell rings, a

Lot: 4144 Header: Title: [b}More Clam Shell Money[/b} Description: Three further examples of Tanga Islands shell money: (1) a small-diameter disk wit

Lot: 4145 Header: Title: Pedigreed Solomon Islands Girdle Description: A fantastic girdle over three feet long, of shell and glass beads and v

Lot: 4146 Header: Title: Headhunters Shield Description: The headhunters of Western Province, Solomon Islands, protected themselves in the ear

Lot: 4147 Header: Title: Very Rare Guadalcanal Money Shield Description: Very old Guadalcanal rattan shield with rounded ends; Solomon Islands

Lot: 4148 Header: Title: 1910-Era Money Shield Description: A second Guadalcanal rattan shield, of the type made 1910-1920, with pointed ends;

Lot: 4149 Header: Title: Ancient Chinese Bracelet Description: Bracelet carved of red lacquer, as found in ancient Chinese graves throughout A

Lot: 4150 Header: Yap Title: Enormous Yap Stone! Description: Yap, famous Stone Money, pre-O’Keefe. An enormous example of 21-3/4" max

Lot: 4151 Header: Title: Pre-O'Keefe Yap Stone! Description: Another pre-O'Keefe Yap stone, nearly as large and heavy: 17" in diamet...

Lot: 4152 Header: Title: 25-lb. Yap Stone Description: A third Yap stone, post-O'Keefe so circa 1871-1901, 10" in diameter, 25 lb. See O...

Lot: 4153 Header: Title: Traditional Yapese Money Description: Another kind of traditional money of Yap is figaa, joined multiple strands of g

Lot: 4154 Header: Title: Yapese Women's Money Description: Also on Yap, a pearl shell was pierced and bound to a sennit cord, which was attach

Lot: 4155 Header: Title: Coconut Disks, Tanga Island Shell Ring Description: Strings of black coconut disks, called sek, were used as currency

Lot: 4156 Header: Title: Snakeskin Handle Description: A pair of well-used African axes: the first is a money axe from the Songe-Luba Region;

Lot: 4157 Header: Title: "Bat Hoe" and Axe Description: Another well-circulated piece of axe money from the Songe-Luba Region, this wit...

Lot: 4158 Header: Title: Old African Trade Beads Description: Beads were one of the most common forms of African money: examples of full strin

Lot: 4159 Header: Title: Hollow Silver Beads Description: A group of 17 hollow silver beads and pendants, richly ornamented, believed to be ma

Lot: 4160 Header: Title: More Hollow Silver Beads Description: A further group of 21 hollow silver beads and pendants, highly decorated. Low E

Lot: 4161 Header: Title: Impressive Silver Necklace Description: An entire necklace of hollow silver beads and pendants, with inverted teardro

Lot: 4162 Header: Title: Rare Original Bodom Bead Description: A fine example of rare original bodom bead, as used in Ghana as early as the 16

Lot: 4163 Header: Title: Seven-Layer Chevron Bead Description: A rare 16th century seven-layer chevron bead as used in the African trade, plus

Lot: 4164 Header: Title: Chevron Bead Necklaces Description: A necklace of 19 old original cylindrical chevron beads and a second necklace of

Lot: 4165 Header: Title: Rare Kiffa Beads Description: Kiffa beads were made centuries ago in Mauritania from polychrome powder glass in brigh

Lot: 4166 Header: Title: Kiffa Bead Collection Description: A collection of 36 colorful kiffa beads of various designs, up to 1" long. These b

Lot: 4167 Header: Title: Another Kiffa Bead Collection Description: Another collection, of 34 bright kiffa beads, various designs, up to 1" lo

Lot: 4169 Header: Title: Millefiori Bead Collection Description: A collection of over 200 millefiori and other beads used in the African trade

Lot: 4170 Header: Title: Antique Amber and Brass Necklace Description: An antique necklace of brass beads and spacers, with seven large red ca

Lot: 4171 Header: Title: Striking Ethiopian Necklace Description: A striking and wearable modern necklace from Ethiopia, thought to be made by

Lot: 4172 Header: Title: Antique Berber Belt, Ex Schulman Description: Algeria, an antique Berber belt made of thick leather and studded with

Lot: 4173 Header: Title: Bongoombwa Ring Description: In the Kinshasa region of the Congo, large heavy brass rings called bongoombwa were used

Lot: 4174 Header: Title: Throwing Knife Money Description: One of the oddest of all primitive currencies is African throwing knife money. This

Lot: 4175 Header: Title: Two Cowry-Covered Items Description: This lot consists of two objects covered with money cowry shells, a belt (with a

Lot: 4176 Header: Title: Bronze Collar, Huge Katanga Cross Description: The Bateke people, who lived near Leopoldville, made crenellated ("mac

Lot: 4177 Header: Title: Copper Crosses, Medieval to Modern Description: The earliest Katanga copper ingots were H-shaped. This lot has six me

Lot: 4178 Header: Title: Silver Ethiopian Crosses Description: Christian Ethiopia made many crosses of silver; 7 are presented in this lot, pl

Lot: 4179 Header: Title: Cut Maria Theresa Thalers Description: A similar collection of 8 Ethiopian silver crosses, together with a round fini

Lot: 4180 Header: Title: Heavy "Wife-Buying" Ingot Description: The Bizon Tribe of East Cameroons made "wife-buying money" in...

Lot: 4181 Header: Title: Huge "Wife-Buying Money" Description: Per Stuart Mosher, p. 51, "Another curious iron coin used for the s...

Lot: 4182 Header: Title: Giraffe Tails Description: "Among all the tribes in East Africa," Stuart Mosher wrote in 1936, "the tails...

Lot: 4183 Header: Title: Hippopotamus Teeth Description: Hippopotamus teeth "were used in trade for iron, tobacco rolls, cotton cloth and clot

Lot: 4184 Header: Title: Iron Currency Hoes Description: Iron hoes of various shapes were used for money by many tribes. In this lot are two s

Lot: 4185 Header: Title: Marriage Hoe Description: From East Africa come so-called "marriage hoes;" early in the 20th century, the Madi...

Lot: 4186 Header: Title: Hut Tax Tokens Description: Two hut tax tokens issued by the British South Africa Company, 1909-10 (round) and 1914-1

Lot: 4187 Header: Title: Execution Knife Description: Two impressive examples of knife money: (1) a bangala execution knife of the Ngala Tribe

Lot: 4188 Header: Title: Exotic Tribal Knives Description: Two African knives: (1) A decorated knife with broad, straight blade, handle wrappe

Lot: 4189 Header: Title: Bird's Head Throwing Knife Description: A wicked-looking "bird's-head" knife, made by the Kota and Fan...

Lot: 4190 Header: Title: Execution Knife, Fur Handle Knife Description: Two dangerous African knives: (1) a huge Ndjembo Tribe execution knife

Lot: 4191 Header: Title: Knife to Drop From Tree? Description: The Mbole Tribe favored double-forged iron blades with a heavy, forged iron pri

Lot: 4192 Header: Title: Konda and Zulu Knives Description: Two further examples of exotic African knife money comprise this lot: (1) A double

Lot: 4193 Header: Title: Famous Zappozap! Description: Central Zaire, Lulua Tribe and Nsapo People, Zappozap (kasuyu), named after the notorio

Lot: 4194 Header: Title: Legband Money and Mold to Make It Description: The Ekonda Tribe of Zaire used bronze legbands decorated with three ri

Lot: 4195 Header: Title: Mbole Anklets Description: Zaire, Mbole Tribe, huge globular women’s Anklet 11" across, small crack; cf. Opi

Lot: 4196 Header: Title: Rod, Throwing Knife Money Description: Two unusual currencies: (1) a kongo, a long, stretched-out spiral hexagonal co

Lot: 4197 Header: Title: Very Rare Cattle-Buying Money Description: In Pallaboroa, Haenertsburg District, Zoutpansberg, Northern Transvaal, ma

Lot: 4198 Header: Title: Huge Bongo Tribe Iron Money Description: An enormous heart-shaped sheet iron piece with two projections, called a log

Lot: 4199 Header: Title: Manjang (Zong) Bride Price Money Description: At the beginning of the 20th century, traders of the N'Goko Sangha Comp

Lot: 4200 Header: Title: Rare Coiled Manilla Description: A rare excavated example of a coiled manilla, 12" long and weighing 11 lb.; very old

Lot: 4201 Header: Title: Twisted Manilla, "Prince" Manilla Description: Two manillas of rare pattern: (1) a native-made, copper, twiste...

Lot: 4202 Header: Title: "King" Manilla, Ex Gibbs Description: Giant brass "King" Manilla, 10-7/8" across, ex Gibbs, nea...

Lot: 4203 Header: Title: Collection of Manilla Patterns Description: A collection of 12 manillas of various patterns and sizes, including a ve

Lot: 4204 Header: Title: Mounted Manilla Collection Description: A second collection of manillas, of 14 mounted varieties, many identified wit

Lot: 4205 Header: Title: Native Copper Bracelets Description: A weighty copper bracelet, native-made and highly decorated, plus a native twist

Lot: 4206 Header: Title: North African Silver Necklaces Description: Two attractive and wearable North African necklaces of fine silver. One h

Lot: 4207 Header: Title: Stunning North African Necklace! Description: An absolutely stunning North African necklace with six clusters of ambe

Lot: 4208 Header: Title: Antique North African Necklace Description: Another antique North African necklace, this one of Moroccan Berber desig

Lot: 4209 Header: Title: Very Old Hollow Silver Bracelet/Pendant Description: A very large hollow bracelet or necklace pendant of good silver,

Lot: 4210 Header: Title: Antique Berber Bracelets/Pendants Description: Two additional antique Berber bracelets or necklace pendants, equally

Lot: 4211 Header: Title: Massive Neck Ring Description: A massive example of Congo neck ring money (nicked, also cracked at inner center, prob

Lot: 4212 Header: Title: Neck Ring Currency Description: In Nigeria, the Bidda Tribe favored neck rings in the form of a wide crescent with fl

Lot: 4213 Header: Title: Huge Yoruba Collar Description: This very large bronze neck ring or collar, 9" across and showing just modest signs o

Lot: 4214 Header: Title: Ogoja Penny Description: In Southern Nigeria, Y-shaped iron currency bars were made, called "Ogoja pennies" (Q...

Lot: 4215 Header: Title: Very Rare "Yakaro Penny" Description: A variant of the Ogoja penny, made by the Munshi Tribe, was called yakar...