Forged Iron Spear Currency

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Start price: $40

Estimated price: $200 - $300

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Description

Spear form currency blade, with wood shaft (broken at bottom), exhibited at "Africa’s Iron and Copper Currencies", Institute of African Studies, Columbia University, New York, New York, March 2000, West or Central Africa. Approximate size, 62" long.

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

Condition: Fair: Oxidised metal, wear consistent with age, bottom of wood shaft broken.

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