Oshele (Currency Blade)

CultureNkutshu or Ndengese peoples
Titles
  • Oshele (Currency Blade)
Datec. 1875–1925
PlaceDemocratic Republic of the Congo
MediumIron
Dimensions23 3/4 × 20 1/2 × 3/8 in. (60.3 × 52 × 1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Frank Carroll
Object number2022.13
Not on view

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Department
African Art
Provenance[Jacques Hautelet (1931–2014), Brussels and La Jolla, CA]; [Joel Cooner Gallery, Dallas]; purchased by Frank Carroll, Houston, 2006; given to MFAH, 2022.
Exhibition HistoryMFAH, permanent galleries, 2005–2021.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
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Catalogue raisonnéN/A

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