Single Somme Bro Currency - Guro, Baule, & Bete Peoples, Ivory Coast
Single Somme Bro Currency - Guro, Baule, & Bete Peoples, Ivory Coast
Single Somme Bro Currency - Guro, Baule, & Bete Peoples, Ivory Coast 1
Single Somme Bro Currency - Guro, Baule, & Bete Peoples, Ivory Coast 2

Single Somme Bro Currency - Guro, Baule, & Bete Peoples, Ivory Coast

$24.95
In the early 1900's, following a kidnapping of a fiancee, organized by her young suitor, a ransom of 4 packs of currency was paid to the father-in-law. The payment was made by an intermediary. If the husband wanted the tribe to know that his woman was a virgin, he went to the village the following day, waving his 4 pack - (from the book The Perfect Form). They date back more than 200 years and are ancestors of the kissi penny.

Each piece is about 9.5" in length.

Sold separately.

For Appointment

PHONE: 1-858-454-9983