Nigeria, Hoe, curved blade, socket for shaft, iron, 29.5 x 11.2cm (Quiggin p.52). Slightly rusted and old collector’s label adhering, otherwise very fine (£100-150)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Macdonald Collection of Primitive Currency.

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Plate III. Quiggin states that iron was currency, thus embracing weapons and implements. This would have been both a usable hoe and a valuable piece of currency by comparison to the hoe shaped pieces of currency of lighter weight