Iron Exchange valuable, Kinshasa. 2013.17.3

Canonical URI: http://numismatics.org/collection/2013.17.3

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Typological Description

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Administrative History

  • Identifier: 2013.17.3
  • Department: Modern
  • Collection: American Numismatic Society

  • Provenance

    • Helms, Alan

Notes

  • Original name: Dikonga. This spear-money had monetary value both as simple iron pieces and as real spears. According to Ballarini the holes on the blade are characteristic of the models from this region.

Rights

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