Blade, Date Unknown
Topokeexpand_more
Metalexpand_more
Gift of John Taylor and Rachel McNamaraexpand_more 2018.100.9
On View in Gallery 236expand_more
Among the most spectacular traditional means of payment from the African continent are these long blades once used by the Topoke and Lokele peoples and their neighboring communities in northern Congo. The blades look like spearheads, but their makers did not employ them as weapons. They served in important transactions, including land deals, payment of fines, and marriage compensations offered to the family of the bride.
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