id:			110804
accession number:	1929.333
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1929.333
updated:		2024-04-24 11:46:21.158000

Throwing Knife, 1800s. Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Oriental Province, Mangbetu, 19th century. Iron and wood; overall: 36.5 cm (14 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Gilpin Players of Karamu House 1929.333

title:				Throwing Knife
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creation date:			1800s
creation date earliest:		1800
creation date latest:		1899
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creditline:			Gift of the Gilpin Players of Karamu House
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culture:	Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Oriental Province, Mangbetu, 19th century
technique:	Iron and wood
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Arms and Armor
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measurements: Overall: 36.5 cm (14 3/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Standing on Ceremony: Traditional African Arms from the Donna and Robert Jackson Collection and the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2004-04-24T00:00:00
	<i>Standing on Ceremony: Traditional African Arms from the Donna and Robert Jackson Collection and the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 24, 2004-March 15, 2005).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Western Reserve Historical Society (4/24/2004 - 11/27/2004):  \'Standing on Ceremony: Traditional African Arms from the Donna and Robert Jackson Collection and the Cleveland Museum of Art"', 'opening_date': '2004-04-24T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Purchased by Paul Travis on behalf of the African Art Sponsors and the Gilpin Players in Ekibondo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (then-Belgian Congo)
	date: 1928
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			* <div><!--block-->Boger, Ann C. et al. <em>Paul B. Travis Africa 1927-1928</em>. Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982. PP. 32, 35–36, 48</div>
			
			
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	The African Art Sponsors and the Gilpin Players
	date: 1928
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			* <div><!--block-->12/3/1928 letter to the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Cleveland Museum of Natural History from Hazel Mountain Walker (Gilpin Players, president) and Harry E. Davis (African Art Sponsors, president) reproduced on p. 54 of Adams, Henry et al. <em>Paul Travis 1891-1975</em>. Cleveland Artists Foundation, 2001.</div>
			
			
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art by gift
	date: 1929–
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