Udamalore (Ceremonial Knife with Sheath)

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)
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
African Art
ProvenancePurchased in Nigeria by [Davis Gallery, New Orleans, 1989–1991]; purchased by MFAH, 1991.
Exhibition HistoryEXHIBITED at MFAH, Sterling Gallery, November 4, 1998-present PERMANENT COLLECTION INSTALLATION

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