Carved Shoehorn
Unidentified Makonde maker
mid-20th century
Wood
Overall: 9 13/16 × 1 3/4 × 1 in. (25 × 4.5 × 2.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the Estate of Corey Ford, Class of 1921H
169.75.24827
Geography
Place Made: Mozambique, Southern Africa, Africa
Period
20th century
Object Name
Personal Gear
Research Area
Africa
Not on view
Exhibition History
Works from the Continent of Africa, Ivan Albright Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 26, 2019-March 15, 2020.
Provenance
Collected by Corey Ford (1902-1969); given to the present collection by the Estate of Corey Ford, 1969.
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