1728 - TOGO: quartz disk (235g), VFStephen Album Rare Coins
TOGO: quartz disk (235g), Opitz p.273 (plate example), 76 x 74 x 31mm, ca. 17th-19th century, used as money by various Akan people along the west Afri
Bidding Has ConcludedQuantity : 1 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold for (220.00 + 44.00BP) = 264.00
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1729 - UNITED STATES: pearl string (12.95g), VFStephen Album Rare Coins
UNITED STATES: pearl string (12.95g), Opitz p.247, Opitz (2011) p.403 (plate example), consisting of 130 pearls, used by Great Plains tribes as a trad
Bidding Has ConcludedQuantity : 1 | Estimate : 120.00 - 160.00
Sold for (400.00 + 80.00BP) = 480.00
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1730 - UNITED STATES: wampum beads (136g), VFStephen Album Rare Coins
UNITED STATES: wampum beads (136g), Opitz p.365, 36cm long string of shell beads, each ca. 1.5cm in diameter, unearthed from Native American mounds in
Bidding Has ConcludedQuantity : 1 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold for (300.00 + 60.00BP) = 360.00
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1731 - UNITED STATES: wampum necklace, EFStephen Album Rare Coins
UNITED STATES: wampum necklace, Opitz p.372-73, ca. 53cm in circumference, composed of 21 white shell tubes and numerous small black stone beads, prod
Bidding Has ConcludedQuantity : 1 | Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold for (350.00 + 70.00BP) = 420.00
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1732 - UNITED STATES: wampum string, EFStephen Album Rare Coins
UNITED STATES: wampum string, Opitz p.369 (upper left plate example), ca. 28cm, composed of 47 white and purple shell tubes and attached to cloth at b
Bidding Has ConcludedQuantity : 1 | Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold for (1,700.00 + 340.00BP) = 2,040.00
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1733 - UNITED STATES: wampum string, VF-EFStephen Album Rare Coins
UNITED STATES: wampum string, Opitz p.369 (upper right plate example), ca. 47cm, composed of 24 white shell tubes, produced by the Campbell family of
Bidding Has ConcludedQuantity : 1 | Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold for (240.00 + 48.00BP) = 288.00
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1734 - UNITED STATES: wampum string, EFStephen Album Rare Coins
UNITED STATES: wampum string, Opitz p.369 (lower plate example), ca. 54cm, composed of 38 white shell tubes, made by the Iroquois people of New York S
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Sold for (650.00 + 130.00BP) = 780.00
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1738 - WORLDWIDE: LOT of 4 brass figuerinesStephen Album Rare Coins
WORLDWIDE: LOT of 4 brass figuerines, including Africa: West African brass animal money in the shape of a lizard (142mm, 89.94g), plus two Ashanti bra
Bidding Has ConcludedQuantity : 1 | Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold for (450.00 + 90.00BP) = 540.00
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1739 - WORLDWIDE: LOT of 6 fish hooksStephen Album Rare Coins
WORLDWIDE: LOT of 6 fish hooks, Opitz (2011) p.228-29 (plate examples), including Brazil: 2 metal fish hooks used on the Amazon; Tonga: an iron hook (
Bidding Has ConcludedQuantity : 1 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold for (180.00 + 36.00BP) = 216.00
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1740 - WORLDWIDE: LOT of 3 shell moniesStephen Album Rare Coins
WORLDWIDE: LOT of 3 shell monies, including Nigeria: rotl, 20.5cm (Opitz p.289 plate example); and Papua New Guinea: a string of conus shell tips, arr
Bidding Has ConcludedQuantity : 1 | Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold for (100.00 + 20.00BP) = 120.00
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1741 - WORLDWIDE: LOT of 8 shell itemsStephen Album Rare Coins
WORLDWIDE: LOT of 8 shell items, including Indonesia: two shell bangles from Western Papua; Myanmar: a piece of Naga conch shell money (12cm, Opitz p.
Bidding Has ConcludedQuantity : 1 | Estimate : 120.00 - 160.00
Sold for (130.00 + 26.00BP) = 156.00
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