id: 110809 accession number: 1929.335.a share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1929.335.a updated: 2025-05-01 11:03:30.873000 Dagger, 1900s. Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mangbetu-style maker. Iron and elephant ivory; knife including handle: 19.5 cm (7 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Gilpin Players of Karamu House, 1929.335.a title: Dagger title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1900s creation date earliest: 1900 creation date latest: 1929 current location: creditline: Gift of the Gilpin Players of Karamu House copyright: --- culture: Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mangbetu-style maker technique: Iron and elephant ivory department: African Art collection: African Art type: Arms and Armor find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Knife including handle: 19.5 cm (7 11/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- 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 Standing on Ceremony: Traditional African Arms from the Donna and Robert Jackson Collection and the Cleveland Museum of Art. Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 24, 2004-March 15, 2005). --- 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'} --- PROVENANCE Acquired 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 footnotes: *