id:			110844
accession number:	1929.366
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1929.366
updated:		2025-05-01 11:03:30.954000

Knife, 1900s. Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mangbetu-style maker. Iron, leather, and wood. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the African Art Sponsors of Karamu House, 1929.366

title:				Knife
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creation date:			1900s
creation date earliest:		1900
creation date latest:		1929
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creditline:			Gift of the African Art Sponsors of Karamu House
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culture:	Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mangbetu-style maker
technique:	Iron, leather, and wood
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Arms and Armor
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Materials of the Artist
	opening date:   1958-03-04T05:00:00
	<i>Materials of the Artist</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 4-December 12, 1958).

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	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 African Art Sponsors of Karamu House
	date: 1928
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art by gift
	date: 1929—
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