Dagger and Sheath
Unidentified Arab maker
possibly late 19th century, collected about 1900
Wood and brass
Overall: 24 5/8 × 15 3/4 × 1 1/4 in. (62.5 × 40 × 3.1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Emmet Hay Naylor, Class of 1909
32.2.5117
Geography
Place Made: Northern Africa, Africa
Period
19th century
Object Name
Armament
Research Area
Africa
Not on view
Course History
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. 58
Provenance
Collected by Brigadier General William Keith Naylor (1874-1942), about 1900; given to his brother, Emmett Hay Naylor (Class of 1909, 1884-1938), Springfield, Massachusetts; given to the present collection, 1932.
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