Prestige Knife

Prestige Knife

Public Domain

CultureBamana peoples
Titles
  • Prestige Knife
Dateearly 20th century
PlaceFrench Sudan, Africa
MediumIron and wood
Dimensions13 7/8 × 1 1/4 × 2 1/4 in. (35.2 × 3.2 × 5.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Frank Carroll
Object number2023.95
Non exposé

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Department
African Art
Object Type
Provenance[Entwistle Gallery, London]; [Donald Morris Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan and New York]; purchased by Frank Carroll, Houston, August 28, 2007, given to MFAH, 2023.
Exhibition HistoryMFAH, January, 2004 - December, 2021
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
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Catalogue raisonnéN/A

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