Staff in form of a Ritual Axe

Unidentified Fon maker

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20th century

Iron and wood

Overall: 17 1/2 in. (44.5 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Claire E. and Dr. Frederick R. Mebel, Class of 1935

991.48.29010

Geography

Place Made: Nigeria or Benin, Nigeria, Western Africa, Africa

Period

20th century

Object Name

Ceremonial Artifact: Staff

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.

The Ornate Implement, Dartmouth College Museum & Galleries, Wilson Hall, East and West Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 26-March 29, 1981, no. 116.

Publication History

Tamara Northern, The Ornate Implement, Hanover, New Hampshire: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 1981, p. 32, no. 116.

Ugochukwu C. Nzewi, The Art of Weapons, Hanover, New Hampshire: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2014, checklist no. 22

Provenance

Dr. Frederick Ronald Mebel (1913-1998) and Claire E. Mebel (1916-1994); Rockville Center, New York; given to present collection, 1991.

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