A TOPOKE LARGE IRON CURRENCY BLADE, liganda, of long slender form with broad lozenge at the base, incised grooves about one side of the border on each side, black patina

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A TOPOKE LARGE IRON CURRENCY BLADE, liganda, of long slender form with broad lozenge at the base, incised grooves about one side of the border on each side, black patina
1m.66.5cm. long

Lot Essay

Cf. Jan Elsen et al., 1992, Beauté Fatale, p.99, for a group of Topoke photographed in 1901, holding similar currency blades

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