Primitive money "Kissi-Penny" · Sierra Leone, Kissi · ID: 3042168
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Provenance
Jens Jahn, Munich, GermanySize
L: ca. 43 cm
L: ca. 16.9 inch
Description
seven pieces, iron, traces of corrosion, base;
first used in 1900; until the 1920s they were the only money in the area. In 1918, 30 or 40 bundles of 20 pieces each would buy a cow, and 60 or 80 bundles would buy a wife. As late as 1915, 100 or 200 bundles would buy a slave.
The object Primitive money “Kissi-Penny” with the object ID 3042168 was last part of the auction 86th Tribal Art Auction at May 27, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 170.
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Comparing literature
Opitz, Charles J., An Ethnographic Study of Traditional Money, Ocala, Florida 2000, p. 179 f.
Publications
AHDRC: 0142067