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RARE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE IRON "HOE MONEY" - Fagan Arms
RARE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE IRON "HOE MONEY" - Fagan Arms
Used in East Africa as a means of exchange as well as the raw material from which weapons were forged. See Odd and Curious Money, p.52-3 where it is identified as "hoe money", and https://universitystory.gla.ac.uk/image/?id=UGSP01968, where it is identified as double hoe money. This example of 27 3/4" length, of offset dished section with hammer textured surface and lamination, forged lamination to the edge. On a custom display stand.  An essential element to the slave trade of which very few specimens survive as they were made to be consumed.
Stock Number: A7647

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