CultureYoruba peoples, Owo group
Titles
- Udamalore (Ceremonial Knife with Sheath)
Date1875–1925
PlaceNigeria, Africa
MediumIvory, iron, glass beads, brass bells, cotton cloth, wood, and cane
DimensionsKnife: 17 1/4 × 2 3/8 × 2 in. (43.8 × 6 × 5.1 cm)
Scabbard with base: 17 × 14 5/8 × 4 in. (43.2 × 37.1 × 10.2 cm)
Scabbard with base: 17 × 14 5/8 × 4 in. (43.2 × 37.1 × 10.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Dr. Jules H. Bohnn, Louis Tenenbaum, H. Brock Hudson, Matthew R. Simmons, and Dr. Byron Bohnn in honor of William J. Hill, the founder of "One Great Night in November" at "One Great Night in November, 1991"
Object number91.1551
Not on view
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Department
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Exhibition HistoryEXHIBITED at MFAH, Sterling Gallery, November 4, 1998-present PERMANENT COLLECTION INSTALLATION
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1895–1905
Raffia, cotton cloth, cowry shells, glass beads, and brass bells
92.451
1900–1950
Cotton cloth, flannel, glass beads, raffia cloth, indigo dye, and cane (?)
97.341
1900–1940
Wood, silver, copper, iron, cotton cloth, glass beads, and paint
91.1452
1900–1950
Raffia cloth, glass beads, cowry shells, raffia, wood, and paint
73.89
