The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of May 27, 2023

Ceremonial Sword (ngulu)

1800s–1900s

Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ngombe-style, Doko-style, or Iboko-style maker

Iron alloy, wood, copper alloy, and pigment

Overall: 54.6 cm (21 1/2 in.)

Gift of Donna L. and Robert H. Jackson 2015.157

Location

not on view

Provenance
private collection, Belgium 1
?-2015
Mr. Robert H. Jackson by gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art
2015-
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Provenance Footnotes

1 Standing on Ceremony: Traditional African Arms from the Donna L. and Robert H. Jackson Collection, p. 23
Exhibition history

Standing on Ceremony: Traditional African Arms from the Donna L. and Robert H. Jackson Collection. Cleveland: Western Reserve Historical Society, April 24 through November 7, 2004

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2015.157