Currency · Nigeria, Angas/Afo · ID: 3042652
sold
EUR 500
Provenance
Klaus-Jochen Krüger, Hamburg, Germany (2005)Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germany
Size
H: 74 cm
B: 53 cm
H: 29.1 inch
B: 20.9 inch
Description
iron, shield-shaped, slightly vaulted, projection in the middle on top, traces of corrosion, base.
These giant size pieces of currency of the Angas, are the heaviest means of exchange ever made by an African blacksmith. It can reach the height of one meter with a weight of 35 kilograms.
Comparing literature
Ballarini, Roberto, The perfect form, Milan 2009, p. 168