Carved Shoehorn

Unidentified Makonde maker

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mid-20th century

Wood

Overall: 9 13/16 × 1 3/4 × 1 in. (25 × 4.5 × 2.5 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the Estate of Corey Ford, Class of 1921H

169.75.24827

Geography

Place Made: Mozambique, Southern Africa, Africa

Period

20th century

Object Name

Personal Gear

Research Area

Africa

Not on view

Exhibition History

Works from the Continent of Africa, Ivan Albright Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 26, 2019-March 15, 2020.

Provenance

Collected by Corey Ford (1902-1969); given to the present collection by the Estate of Corey Ford, 1969.

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