Execution Knife

Unidentified Ngala maker

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Traditional

Iron and wood

Overall: 17 3/4 × 5 1/16 in. (45.1 × 12.8 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Ernst Anspach

180.27.25949

Geography

Place Made: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central Africa, Africa

Period

19th century

Object Name

Armament

Research Area

Africa

Not on view

Inscriptions

"A 1432 b"

Provenance

Ernst Anspach (1913-2002), New York, New York; given to present collection, 1980.

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