Watch List notes:

Zaire - AE Baluba or Katanga cross or croisette (Opitz p.124) locally known as Handa, used ca. 19e-20e century as medium of exchange, diagonal sizes 22.5 x 22.5 cm. , weight: 830.45 g. - Baluba was the name of the tribe of people who melted the copper in the Katanga Region. The copper in these crosses was African and very red in color - g.VF