Copper Currency, Katanga “Cross”
Central African Copper Belt
DR Congo, Zambia or Zimbabwe
Cast copper, archeological patina
Size: 16” high x 11” wide x 1 1/2” deep (40.5 x 28 x 4 cm)
Weight: 27lbs (12.25 kg)
Provenance: Austin Newton, Princeton NJ
According to Pierre de Maret in “Croisette Histories,” these pieces are designated as HX type and were in use between the 13th-17th centuries.
For a description of HX croisettes from the Upemba Basin, see de Maret in de Heusch, L. (Ed.) 1995. Objects: Signs of Africa. Tervuren, Musée royal de l’Afrique Central, p. 14.
Price on request
