Primary Money - Africa - 1 spear, Central Africa, weapon money, pre-coinage mean…

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Primary Money - Africa - 1 spear, Central Africa, weapon money, pre-coinage means of payment, so-called primitive money, forged iron, wooden shaft, lancet-shaped tip with bars, decorated forged middle piece, end of shaft wrapped in leather, tip slightly bent, corroded, signs of age, total length approx. 145 cm

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