African Artifacts and Textiles-Dr. Gould

Iron And Copper Currency/Staff Forms (3)

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Start price: $50

Estimated price: $225 - $325

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Description

Three (3) iron and copper currency and staff forms, including a hoe currency form exhibited at "Africa’s Iron and Copper Currencies", Institute of African Studies, Columbia University, New York, New York, March 2000, and a copper form from the Batwa peoples (Democratic Republic of the Congo or Uganda), Africa. Approximate size, 20.25" (longest).

PROVENANCE:From the estate of Professor Philip Gould, New York

Condition: Fair: Oxidised metal, wear consistent with age.