Staff in form of a Ritual Axe
Unidentified Fon maker
20th century
Iron and wood
Overall: 17 1/2 in. (44.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Claire E. and Dr. Frederick R. Mebel, Class of 1935
991.48.29010
Geography
Place Made: Nigeria or Benin, Nigeria, Western Africa, Africa
Period
20th century
Object Name
Ceremonial Artifact: Staff
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.
The Ornate Implement, Dartmouth College Museum & Galleries, Wilson Hall, East and West Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 26-March 29, 1981, no. 116.
Publication History
Tamara Northern, The Ornate Implement, Hanover, New Hampshire: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 1981, p. 32, no. 116.
Ugochukwu C. Nzewi, The Art of Weapons, Hanover, New Hampshire: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2014, checklist no. 22
Provenance
Dr. Frederick Ronald Mebel (1913-1998) and Claire E. Mebel (1916-1994); Rockville Center, New York; given to present collection, 1991.
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