KATANGA CROSS - Primitive Money
KATANGA (SHABA) CROSS
Shaba is the historical region in southeastern Congo, bordering Lake Tanganyika
to the east, Zambia to the south, and Angola to the west. It is coextensive with
modern Katanga province. The region's name, Shaba, during the Zairean period,
comes from the Swahili word for 'copper', and the region's mines yield most of
Congo's copper, cobalt, uranium, zinc, cadmium, silver, germanium, coal, gold,
iron, manganese, and tin. The local people were utilizing those minerals long
before the arrival of Europeans in the 19th Century.
As such, a curious form of money, made of the native copper ( molded in the
dry sand ), took hold; the Shaba Cross. These were in fairly
consistent use from the 16th Century onward into the 1900's
when the Belgians colonized the region.
Each weighs approximately 1.2 pounds ( or 600 grams ) and measures 8 inches
or 20 centimeters across. They had a very definite value in this southern region
of Africa, for example ; for a single Shaba Cross, one could get about 22 pounds ( 10 kilos ) of local manioc flour or 5 chickens and maybe a rooster,
if the bargainer was tough. For 15 Crosses, you could have yourself a young wife, a female slave, a goat and a few axe heads.
These are all in nice condition, considering their age.
Kaina: 135.00 EUR
Kodas: PRIMITIVE MONEY Africa
Kokybė: FINE
Minimum order value Euro 5.00 Minimum order betrag Euro 5.00
Betaling kan plaats vinden door overschrijving op mijn bankrekening.
U ontvangt een E mail met het bankrekeningnummer na Uw bestelling.
Payments can be made to our Bankaccount or by using Paypal or Moneybookers.
After you have placed an order, you will receive the payment instructions.
Sie mussen zuerst Die Rechnung bezahlen, bevor Wir die Banknoten nach Ihr zuschicken.
Retournieren ist möglich, innerhalb 14 Tage.
Worldwide shipping.
Items can be shipped all over the World.
Only the exact costs will be charged.
You first have to pay, then we send the articles. You may always return the items within two weeks and you receive your money back.
U dient eerst te betalen, alvorens de goederen worden verzonden. Verzending geschiedt (meestal) aangetekend, tegen kostprijs.
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