Miniature Bow Drill
Unidentified possibly proto-Bamana maker
possibly 15-16th century
Copper alloy
Overall: 1 7/8 × 3 3/8 in. (4.7 × 8.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Joseph Knopfelmacher
986.18.26705
Geography
Place Made: Inner Niger Delta region, Mali, Western Africa, Africa
Period
1400-1600
Object Name
Funerary Equipment
Research Area
Africa
Not on view
Provenance
Collected in Bamako, Mali by Joseph Knopfelmacher and Margaret Harris Knopfelmacher (Craft Caravan Gallery), New York in 1960's-1970's; given to present collection, 1986.
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