Knife with Sheath and Belt
Unidentified Hadendowa maker
early 20th century
Steel and leather
Overall: 12 1/2 × 2 1/4 in. (31.8 × 5.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of W. Wedgwood Bowen
40.7.7092
Geography
Place Made: Sudan, Eastern Africa, Africa
Period
20th century
Object Name
Armament
Research Area
Africa
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by W. Wedgwood Bowen (1899-1987), Director of the Dartmouth College Museum, probably in the 1930's; given to present collection, 1940.
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