Iron money "guinzé", "quinzé", "kilindi", "gbinsin", "gbenzé" · Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia, Toma, Kissi · ID: 3051664
Prix d'appel
400 €
Prix d'Estimation
800 €
Provenance
Jens Jahn, Munich, GermanyZemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, 27 May 2017, lot 170
Description
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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).
Littérature comparée
Ballarini, Roberto, The Perfect Form, On the track of African Tribal Currency, Milano 2009, p. 118 f.
Publications
AHDRC: 0142067