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
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creation date:			1900s
creation date earliest:		1900
creation date latest:		1929
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creditline:			Gift of the Gilpin Players of Karamu House
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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
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measurements: Knife including handle: 19.5 cm (7 11/16 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

	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
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			* <div><!--block-->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.</div>
			
			
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	The Gilpin Players of Karamu House
	date: 1928
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art by gift
	date: 1929–
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