Knife with Sheath and Belt

Unidentified Hadendowa maker

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early 20th century

Steel and leather

Overall: 12 1/2 × 2 1/4 in. (31.8 × 5.7 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of W. Wedgwood Bowen

40.7.7092

Geography

Place Made: Sudan, Eastern Africa, Africa

Period

20th century

Object Name

Armament

Research Area

Africa

Not on view

Provenance

Collected by W. Wedgwood Bowen (1899-1987), Director of the Dartmouth College Museum, probably in the 1930's; given to present collection, 1940.

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