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| Mobongo brass ingot money - Negelima - DR Congo |
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| DR Congo |
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| Brass |
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| L: 20 cm |
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| 5.1 kg |
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| Description |
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| Called Mobongo (meaning "value"). This type of "currency" was used, long before the colonial era, to pay the dowry, to settle transactions and clan conflicts or as an "investment" of the family fortune, often buried in a secret place. |
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