Iron Exchange valuable, Lonami/Kinshasa. 2012.55.3

Canonical URI: http://numismatics.org/collection/2012.55.3

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Physical Description

  • Axis: 0
  • Shape: Irregular

Typological Description

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Administrative History

  • Identifier: 2012.55.3
  • Department: Modern
  • Collection: American Numismatic Society

  • Provenance

    • Helms, Alan

Notes

  • Spear with rhomboid shape. Used as payment of the dowry in marriage contracts. Spears were inserted into the ground in front of the house of the spouses in order to show that payment of the dowry has been made by the groom, in the manner of ancient tradition.

Rights

  • CopyrightHolder: American Numismatic Society
  • License: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) (images)
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