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: *
It appears on a checklist of "African Material" circa 1928 as one of "3 knives with sheathes. This tribe are the finest craftsmen in Africa. Mangbettu, Ekibondi Village, Northeastern Congo." Archives of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.
citations: The Gilpin Players of Karamu House date: 1928 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art by gift date: 1929– footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1929.335.a/1929.335.a_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1929.335.a/1929.335.a_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1929.335.a/1929.335.a_full.tif