Spear
Unidentified Maasai (Masai) maker
about 1920
Wood and iron
Overall: 84 13/16 × 1 3/4 × 13/16 in. (215.5 × 4.5 × 2.1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Acquired by exchange from the Cranbrook Institute of Science, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
53.30.12899
Geography
Place Made: Eastern Africa, Africa
Period
20th 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. 11, ill. back cover.
Provenance
Collected by Robert Everard, date unknonw; Cranbrook Institute of Science, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan (original catalogue number 3025); acquired by present collection by exchange, 1953.
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