KAGIN'S MARCH 11-15, 2021 AUCTION

Lot: 40124 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Impressive Iron Rod Money Description: Also from Nigeria comes an impressive showpiece, an iron rod

Lot: 40125 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Zaire "8" shapes, Nigerian Iron Money Description: In Zaire, native copper was beaten into fi...

Lot: 40126 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Copper Double Spiral Description: In Cameroon and Zaire, thick copper wire was formed into wearable

Lot: 40127 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Heavy Nigerian Dowry Bracelet Description: Giant manilla-like brass bracelets with square ends, very

Lot: 40128 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Huge Iron Hoe Money Description: When David Livingstone explored Central Africa in 1868, he frequent

Lot: 40129 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Iron Spearpoint Money, Kwanyama Bridegroom Status Token Description: In Gabon, Cameroon, and Equator

Lot: 40130 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Valuable Elephant Tail Money Description: A fine example of desirable elephant tail money, a must fo

Lot: 40131 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Mongo People Copper Rod Currency Description: In the Kinshasa area of the Congo, the Mongo people of

Lot: 40132 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Congo Execution Knife Description: While hard to believe, special knives used to execute slaves at t

Lot: 40133 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Fan (Fang) Tribe Bikĕi Miniature Axes Description: Mary Kingsley visited the Fan (or Fang) T

Lot: 40134 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Nigerian Iron Double Gong Description: Large iron double gongs without clappers are found in Nigeria

Lot: 40135 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Large Iron Gong Description: Another large iron gong, in this case a single instrument used for ritu

Lot: 40136 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Very Rare Earliest Kissi "Pennies" Description: Before 1900 Kissi blacksmiths began making lo...

Lot: 40137 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Rare Nigerian Cup-Shaped Iron Currency Description: Per Ballarini, The Perfect Form: On the Track of

Lot: 40138 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Nigerian Iron Hoe Money Description: A second example of Nigerian iron hoe money, this one with a na

Lot: 40139 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Mushroom-Shaped Iron Hoe Description: A third African iron hoe, of mushroom shape with diamond-shape

Lot: 40140 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Mambila People Iron Currency Hoe Description: A fourth currency hoe, this one with double cutouts at

Lot: 40141 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Slave-Buying Iron Hoe Money Description: A final example of traditional African iron "hoe" mo...

Lot: 40142 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Nigerian Brass Bracelets Description: A pair of Nigerian brass bracelets of the nupe type, character

Lot: 40143 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Nigerian Copper Bracelet, Antique Kuba Kingdom Knife Description: Another Nigerian currency, per Bal

Lot: 40144 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Nigerian Iron, Copper Traditional Currencies Description: Two further examples of traditional money:

Lot: 40145 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Very Rare, Unattributed Iron Currency Objects Description: Two examples of small (10"-11") Af...

Lot: 40146 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Ceremonial Kuba Tribe War Sword Description: The war sword of the Kuba Tribe was called an iloon; 20

Lot: 40147 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Restricted to High-Ranking Women and Chiefs Description: This strange double-pointed knife is called

Lot: 40148 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Iron Throwing Knife Money Description: A long iron throwing knife currency from the Congo; see Balla

Lot: 40149 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Powerful Kusu Knife, on Stand Description: The Kusu people of the southeastern Congo made steel kniv

Lot: 40150 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Wife-Buying Legband Money Description: Bronze legbands with a design of three raised bands were used

Lot: 40151 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Kundja Pattern Iron Hoe Money Description: In the Congo, iron hoes of a particular pattern were call

Lot: 40152 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Variant Pattern Kundja Description: A second kundja, of a different pattern. This piece illustrated

Lot: 40153 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Giant Liganda Spearheads, Both Primary Denominations Description: In Central Africa, in the 19th and

Lot: 40154 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Mangbetu Iron Hoe Money Description: The Mangbetu people of northern Zaire made short iron hoes call

Lot: 40155 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Old Excavated Manilla Description: A centuries-old excavated manilla, 4" wide—possibly a 16

Lot: 40156 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Rare Coiled "Manilla" Description: A rare copper coiled "manilla;" not a true manil...

Lot: 40157 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Another Coiled "Manilla" Description: Another coiled "manilla," also not a true man...

Lot: 40158 Year: Denom: Header: Title: True Coiled Manilla[/b/] Description: A further coiled manilla, of triangular cross section and with pro

Lot: 40159 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Very Old Coiled Manilla Description: A final coiled manilla, with four coils and rudimentary flared

Lot: 40160 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Rare Twisted manilla Description: A large, excavated twisted manilla (or a very tightly wound coiled

Lot: 40161 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Nigerian "Marriage Coin" Description: From Nigeria comes a manilla-size ring with spiral desi...

Lot: 40162 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Igbo Tribe Anklet Money Description: The Igbo Tribe of Nigeria used highly decorated anklets of copp

Lot: 40163 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Pair of Brass Anklets Description: A complete pair of antique brass anklets with simple corrugated d

Lot: 40164 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Fulani Iron Currency Rods Description: Square iron currency rods with an enlarged, eye-shaped center

Lot: 40165 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Nigerian Bride Price Axe Description: Also from Nigeria, villagers near Obomasso made nonfunctional

Lot: 40167 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Kinshasa Iron Hoe Money Description: Special iron hoes, called ntsengo or lumboma, were used as mone

Lot: 40168 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Huge Curved Copper Ingot Description: In Zaire mboles, heavy copper or bronze ingots were made shape

Lot: 40169 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Even Larger Curved Copper Ingot Description: Another bronze ingot from the same region, of similar s

Lot: 40170 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Famous Raffia Cloth, Original Description: Also from Zaire, in the Kasai region of the Congo, member

Lot: 40171 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Ivory Coast Women's Anklets Description: Members of Ivory Coast Baoulé people made large, ho

Lot: 40172 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Antique Berber Necklace Description: From North Africa comes an antique Berber silver/silver-washed

Lot: 40173 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Berber Silver Necklace Description: A second antique Berber necklace in silver, with two triangular

Lot: 40174 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Huge North African Necklace or Hanging Decoration Description: A huge antique North African necklace