id:			86483
accession number:	2015.156
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2015.156
updated:		2024-03-26 01:55:57.356000

Throwing Knife / Prestige Scepter (pingha), 1800–mid-1900s. Africa, Central or Eastern Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, and Sudan, Zande-style maker. Iron alloy and plant fiber; overall: 45.5 cm (17 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Donna L. and Robert H. Jackson 2015.156

title:				Throwing Knife / Prestige Scepter (pingha)
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creation date:			1800–mid-1900s
creation date earliest:		1800
creation date latest:		1960
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creditline:			Gift of Donna L. and Robert H. Jackson
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culture:	Africa, Central or Eastern Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, and Sudan, Zande-style maker
technique:	Iron alloy and plant fiber
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Arms and Armor
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measurements: Overall: 45.5 cm (17 15/16 in.)
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Standing on Ceremony: Traditional African Arms from the Donna L. and Robert H. Jackson Collection. Cleveland: Western Reserve Historical Society, April 24 through November 7, 2004', 'opening_date': '2004-04-24T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Jacques Hautelet, La Jolla, CA
	date: by at least 2004
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			* <div><!--block--><em>Standing on Ceremony: Traditional African Arms from the Donna L. and Robert H. Jackson Collection</em>, p. 17</div>
			
			
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	Robert H. Jackson by gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-2015
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2015-
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