278, Lot: 627. Estimate $100.
Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Bronze “Katanga cross”. Congo, 19th-early 20th century AD. Solid-cast
handa.
Maximum diameter: 22.8cm. Opitz p. 124-5. Brown patina. Intact.
Such crosses were used as a primitive form of currency in the copper rich region of Katanga.
