The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 19, 2025

Knife

1800s

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
  • until 1914
    Walter C. Hill
    1914–1916
    Jeptha H. Wade by purchase
    1916–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art by gift
    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
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