Bird-headed Ceremonial Knife (musele)
Unidentified Fang or Kota maker
collected about 1892
Iron, brass and copper wire
Overall: 10 7/16 × 12 3/16 × 1 3/8 in. (26.5 × 31 × 3.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of William and Christine Bannerman in memory of Reverend and Mrs. William S. Bannerman
2013.75.1
Geography
Place Made: Gabon, Central Africa, Africa
Period
19th century
Object Name
Armament
Research Area
Africa
Not on view
Course History
COLT 73.4, Violence, Ayo Coly, Winter 2015
THEA 23, AAAS 54, Topics in African Theater and Performance, Laura Edmondson, Winter 2015
Exhibition History
The Art of Weapons: Selections from the African Collection, Alvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, April 26, 2014 -March 13, 2016.
Publication History
Ugochukwu C. Nzewi, The Art of Weapons, Hanover, New Hampshire: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2014, checklist no. 52; ill. fig. 3, p. 5
Provenance
Collected by Reverend William S. Bannerman (1856-1934), in Gabon about 1892; given to his son, Henry Foster Bannerman (1908-1984), Titusville, New Jersey; given to his son, William H. Bannerman (1937- ) and Christine Bannerman, Wallingford, Vermont; given to present collection, 2013.
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