Lot 1063

Sale 107 · Important Australian & World Coins, Tokens, Medals & Banknotes

Primitive money, Africa, Congo, Welle tribe people, anklet money or Mbole, large cast semi circular crescents used as money, external diameter 21 cm., overall height 13 cm, internal diameter 10.5 cm, weight 2,115 g; (Opitz p.279 for illustration). Very fine and very scarce.