Currency · Nigeria, Jukun/Fulani · ID: 3042707
sold
EUR 400
Provenance
Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach, GermanySize
H: 36 cm - 41,5 cm
H: 14.2 inch - 16.3 inch
Description
iron, made of a small wrought iron bar, widened in the middle and partly twisted at their ends, traces of corrosion.
Currency in varied shapes of a snake or a flamingo.
The object Currency with the object ID 3042707 was last part of the auction 87th Tribal Art Auction at November 11, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 164 achieved a sales price of EUR 400.
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Comparing literature
Bartolomucci, Adolfo, African Currency, Milan 2012, p. 61