Former currency of the African peoples of Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea-Conakry. Kissi Pennies consist of a long, twisted iron rod with a a flattened blade ("kodo" or "foot") and a sharpened "T"-like structure at one end ("nling" or "ear") at the other. Collected by Claude and Marie Rupel, 1936-40. ULV-JAEGR-2014-5953.1-5953.8
December 3, 2018
Former currency of the African peoples of Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea-Conakry. Kissi Pennies consist of a long, twisted iron rod with a a flattened blade (“kodo” or “foot”) and a sharpened “T”-like structure at one end (“nling” or “ear”) at the other.
Collected by Claude and Marie Rupel, 1936-40.
ULV-JAEGR-2014-5953.1-5953.8