KAGIN'S MARCH 11-15, 2021 AUCTION

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