Zaire, Zaire, Boloko, Songo-Meno/Nkutsbu/Ndenges, a U-shaped copper bar with splayed feet made by the Nkutsbu people, 35 x 28cm (cf. Quiggin pp.67-8; Opitz p.89; Schaedler p.327). In good condition (£90-120)

One boloko was worth ten big kundja or one male goat; two boloko would buy a male slave and three a female slave, while ten bolokos was the price of a wife