TERA Gallery - African Art and Antiquities

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Type of Object:
    Mambila Hoe Currency
    18th c.



    This is an especially nice piece.  Classified as blade
    currency or sometimes listed among the Throwing Knives,
    these specimens have also been referred to as a "stingray"
    hoe, presumably because of its shape.

Ethnic Group:
    Bamilke Society
    Mambila Society


Country of Origin:  
    Cameroon

Material:   

    Iron

Dimensions:
    12" long, while the blade is 5 1/4" across by 3" wide and
    1/16" thick.

Reference:                  
    Roberto Ballarini, Ferrie Monete dell' Africa Equatoriale,
    Galleria Africa Curio-Milano 1998.  37 Pages.