Ceremonial Knife
Artist:
Unknown
Place made:Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa
Culture: Kuba peoples
Medium: Wood and bronze
Dimensions:
h. 13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm); w. 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Mrs. Rowena Dickey McCutchen
Object number: 44.105.9
Provenance: acquired by Rowena Dickey McCutchen (1905-1959) in the Belgian Congo, where she served as a Presbyterian missionary, by 1936; Rowena Dickey McCutchen, by gift to the Witte Museum, San Antonio, 1944; transferred to the San Antonio Museum of Art, 1994
Not on view
In Collection(s)
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