The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of October 1, 2023

Knife

1800s

Part of a set. See all set records

Africa, unknown maker

Steel, leather or rawhide, and horn

Blade: 23.5 cm (9 1/4 in.); Scabbard: 10.2 cm (4 in.); Knife including handle: 40.7 cm (16 in.)

Gift of J. H. Wade 1916.1020

Location

not on view

Provenance
until 1914
Walter C. Hill 1
1914–1916
Jeptha H. Wade by purchase 2
1916–
The Cleveland Museum of Art by gift 3

Provenance Footnotes

1 "Purchased from Walter C. Hill Coll." on object card, photocopied in curatorial file
2 "Purchased from Walter C. Hill Coll." on object card, photocopied in curatorial file"Lent by J.H. Wade, December 9, 1914" on object card, photocopied in curatorial file
3 "Accepted as a gift [from J.H. Wade], March 12, 1916" on object card, photocopied in curatorial file
Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1916.1020