id:			110845
accession number:	1929.367
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1929.367
updated:		2024-07-06 11:00:19.733000

Dagger, 1900s. Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bakonje, 20th century. Iron and wood; overall: 31.5 cm (12 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the African Art Sponsors of Karamu House 1929.367

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 African Art Sponsors of Karamu House
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culture:	Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bakonje, 20th century
technique:	iron and wood
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Arms and Armor
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measurements: Overall: 31.5 cm (12 3/8 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 Democratic Republic of the Congo (then-Belgian Congo)
	date: 1928
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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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