Ikula Ceremonial Knife

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19th-20th century

Metal and wood

Overall: 15 3/16 × 4 7/16 in. (38.6 × 11.2 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Ernst Anspach

180.27.25946

Geography

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

Period

19th century

Object Name

Armament

Research Area

Africa

Not on view

Inscriptions

"A1323"

Course History

ANTH 57, Origins of Inequality, Alan Covey, Winter 2013

ANTH 57, Origins of Inequality, Alan Covey, Winter 2013

COLT 73.4, Violence, Ayo Coly, Winter 2015

THEA 23, AAAS 54, Topics in African Theater and Performance, Laura Edmondson, Winter 2015

Exhibition History

Basis for Design: Visual Problem Solving, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Studio Art 10, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 31-April 26, 1998.

Objects and Power: Manifestations of Inequality, a student curated exhibition, Professor Alan Covey, ANTH 57, Winter 2013, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, April 10-August 25, 2013.

The Art of Weapons: Selections from the African Collection, Alvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, April 26, 2014 -March 13, 2016.

Publication History

Ugochukwu C. Nzewi, The Art of Weapons, Hanover, New Hampshire: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2014, checklist no. 31; ill. fig. 1, p. 2.

Provenance

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

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