id:			110842
accession number:	1929.364
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1929.364
updated:		2025-05-01 11:03:30.942000

Ceremonial Axe (gano), 1900s, by 1928. Southern Africa, Zimbabwe, Shona-style blacksmith-carver. Iron, wood, and metal; overall: 15.8 cm (6 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the African Art Sponsors of Karamu House, 1929.364

title:				Ceremonial Axe (gano)
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creation date:			1900s, by 1928
creation date earliest:		1900
creation date latest:		1928
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creditline:			Gift of the African Art Sponsors of Karamu House
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culture:	Southern Africa, Zimbabwe, Shona-style blacksmith-carver
technique:	Iron, wood, and metal
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Arms and Armor
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measurements: Overall: 15.8 cm (6 1/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Arts of Africa
	opening date:   2021-12-09T05:00:00
	<i>Arts of Africa</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (December 10, 2021-July 2, 2023).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Collected by Paul B. Travis on behalf of the Gilpin Players at Karamu House and the African Art Sponsors in Zimbabwe
	date: 1927–28
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			* <div><!--block-->It appears on a checklist of "African Material" circa 1928 as "1 ax, metal disk in back part of old swiss watch movement, Shangaan, Southern Rhodesia." Archives of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.</div>
			
			
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	The African Art Sponsors and the Gilpin Players
	date: 1927–28
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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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