id: 95243 accession number: 1916.1021 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1021 updated: 2024-03-26 01:56:11.263000 Knife, c. 1900. Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ngbandi-style maker. Iron, copper alloy, and rawhide; overall: 40.2 cm (15 13/16 in.); tang: 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in.); blade: 15.8 cm (6 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade 1916.1021 title: Knife title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1900 creation date earliest: 1895 creation date latest: 1905 current location: creditline: Gift of J. H. Wade copyright: --- culture: Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ngbandi-style maker technique: Iron, copper alloy, and rawhide department: African Art collection: African Art type: Arms and Armor find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 40.2 cm (15 13/16 in.); Tang: 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in.); Blade: 15.8 cm (6 1/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Walter C. Hill, New York date: by 1914 footnotes: *
Purchase from Walter C. Hill collection noted on object card, photocopied in curatorial file
citations: Jeptha H. Wade by purchase date: 1914–1916 footnotes: *
December 9, 1914 loan noted on object card, photocopied in curatorial file
citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art by gift date: 1916– footnotes: *
March 12, 1916 gift noted on object card, photocopied in curatorial file
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