id:			95240
accession number:	1916.1020
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1020
updated:		2023-08-23 18:04:37.321000

Knife, 1800s. Africa, unknown maker. Steel, leather or rawhide, and horn; blade: 23.5 cm (9 1/4 in.); scabbard: 10.2 cm (4 in.); knife including handle: 40.7 cm (16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade 1916.1020

title:				Knife
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creation date:			1800s
creation date earliest:		1800
creation date latest:		1899
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creditline:			Gift of J. H. Wade
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culture:	Africa, unknown maker
technique:	Steel, leather or rawhide, and horn
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Arms and Armor
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measurements: Blade: 23.5 cm (9 1/4 in.); Scabbard: 10.2 cm (4 in.); Knife including handle: 40.7 cm (16 in.)
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Walter C. Hill
	date: until 1914
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			* <div><!--block-->"Purchased from Walter C. Hill Coll." on object card, photocopied in curatorial file</div>
			
			
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	Jeptha H. Wade by purchase
	date: 1914–1916
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			* <ul><li><!--block-->"Purchased from Walter C. Hill Coll." on object card, photocopied in curatorial file</li><li><!--block-->"Lent by J.H. Wade, December 9, 1914" on object card, photocopied in curatorial file</li></ul>
			
			
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art by gift
	date: 1916–
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			* <div><!--block-->"Accepted as a gift [from J.H. Wade], March 12, 1916" on object card, photocopied in curatorial file</div><div><!--block--><br></div>
			
			
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