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Collection Online as of December 23, 2025

Dagger

1900s

Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mangbetu-style maker

Iron, elephant ivory, leather, and tin
Knife including handle: 19.5 cm (7 11/16 in.)
Gift of the Gilpin Players of Karamu House 1929.335
Location: Not on view
  • 1928
    Acquired by Paul Travis on behalf of the African Art Sponsors and the Gilpin Players in Ekibondo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (then-Belgian Congo)
    1928
    The Gilpin Players of Karamu House
    1929—
    The Cleveland Museum of Art by gift
    Provenance Footnotes
    1 It appears on a checklist of "African Material" circa 1928 as one of "3 knives with sheathes. This tribe are the finest craftsmen in Africa. Mangbettu, Ekibondi Village, Northeastern Congo." Archives of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.
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