Sword of Authority (mbele a lulendo)
Unidentified Kongo maker
18th-19th century
Iron and ivory
Overall: 30 11/16 × 5 7/8 × 5 7/8 in. (78 × 15 × 15 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mary Katherine Burton Jones
2005.84
Geography
Place Made: Republic of the Congo, Central Africa, Africa
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Armament
Research Area
Africa
Not on view
Course History
HIST 5.1, AAAS 14, Pre-Colonial African History, Naaborko Sackeyfio, Winter 2013
COLT 67, AAAS 67, ENGL 54, WGST 52.1, Colonial and Postcolonial Masculinities, Ayo Coly, Winter 2014
COLT 73.4, Violence, Ayo Coly, Winter 2015
THEA 23, AAAS 54, Topics in African Theater and Performance, Laura Edmondson, Winter 2015
Exhibition History
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. 27
Provenance
Jacques Hautelet (1913-2014) collection, Brussels; Pierre Loeb (1897-1964), France; Mary Katherine Burton Jones, Cambridge, Massachusetts, about 1980; given to present collection, 2005.
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