Iron money "guinzé", "quinzé", "kilindi", "gbinsin", "gbenzé" · Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia, Toma, Kissi · ID: 3051664
Starting price
EUR 400
Estimated price
EUR 800
Provenance
Jens Jahn, Munich, GermanyZemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, 27 May 2017, lot 170
Size
H: 44 cm
H: 17.3 inch
Description
base
The European term for this type of iron is “kissi penny”. Ballarini writes: “Currency in forged iron made by the Toma tribe and spread from 1800 by the Kissi throughout the West African region and commercialized in great quantities in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia” (Ballarini, 2009, p. 119).
Comparing literature
Ballarini, Roberto, The Perfect Form, On the track of African Tribal Currency, Milano 2009, p. 118 f.
Publications
AHDRC: 0142067