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KENYA: LOT of 3 giraffe hair monies

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Ethnographic Start Price:70.00 USD Estimated At:80.00 - 120.00 USD
KENYA: LOT of 3 giraffe hair monies
SOLD
350.00USD+ (70.00) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2022 Sep 17 @ 16:35UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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KENYA: LOT of 3 giraffe hair monies, Opitz (2011) p.235 (plate examples), including two braided into a coil (ca. 7.5cm and 14.5cm-wide respectively), as well as a ca. 25cm-wide "wreath" with individual strands of hair arranged radially and attached to rings in the center, used by many tribes as money before the practice was outlawed; retail value $200, lot of 3 pieces, ex Charles Opitz Collection. Visit www.traditionalmoney.com for a downloadable copy of Odd & Curious and Traditional Money (Opitz, 2011).