Ceremonial Knife
Unidentified Kuba maker
19th-20th century
Copper alloy and wood
Overall: 14 3/16 × 3 3/8 × 2 1/8 in. (36 × 8.6 × 5.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Robert Dudley Kilmarx, Class of 1950, Tuck 1951, Mary Neidlinger Kilmarx and Peter H. Kilmarx, Class of 1983
985.22.26448
Geography
Place Made: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central Africa, Africa
Period
19th century
Object Name
Ceremonial Artifact
Research Area
Africa
Not on view
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