Oshele (Currency Blade)

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CultureNkutshu or Ndengese peoples

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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

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African Art

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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.
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