Sickle-Knife (emambele)

CultureMangbetu peoples
Titles
  • Sickle-Knife (emambele)
Date1900–1915
PlaceNortheastern Congo (kinshasa), Democratic Republic of the Congo
MediumIron, wood, and brass wire
Dimensions15 1/4 × 8 1/4 × 2 3/8 in. (38.7 × 21 × 6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Mary Anne Varner Memorial Fund, R.B. Caddou, Michael Burton, Thomas Beels, an anonymous donor, and by exchange, Governor and Mrs. William P. Hobby and Mr. and Mrs. Harris Masterson III
Object number98.241
Non exposé

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Department
African Art
Provenance[Joel Cooner Gallery, Dallas]; purchased by MFAH, 1998.
Exhibition HistoryEXHIBITED at MFAH, Sterling Gallery, November 4, 1998-present' PERMANENT COLLECTION INSTALLATION

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