Tarumba Currency, Dem. Rep. Congo

TARUMBA (TOPOKE) CURRENCY, DRC

These forms have been re-identified as from the Topoke people.

The objects below have been sold. They are left here for educational and reference purposes.

Photographs © Tim Hamill

TARUMBA, CURRENCY, DRC

Forms like these iron shaped "weapons" and blades were recognized and used by the Tarumba and Likele people as a bride price.

They are much too thin to have ever been intended as functional weapons and are not sharp.

These have all been vetted as authentic.

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