Watch List notes:

ETHNOGRAPHIC: CONGO (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC): iron bangala spearhead (810g), until the late 1800's, Opitz p.313 (plate example), Ballarini p.120-121, 39 x 16cm, with a fish-shaped body with a bulbous tip and finned ends, used by the Ngbaka people as currency (locally known simply as mbili ngbaka, "money of the Ngbaka"), as its blunt edges make it impractical as a weapon, nice VF, ex Charles Opitz Collection.

Estimate: 140-180 USD