Sickle-Knife (emambele)

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CultureMangbetu peoples

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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

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Department

African Art

Object Type

WEAPONS & ARMAMENTS

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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