The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of November 30, 2023

Sickle knife (trumbash)

1800s

Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mangbetu maker

Iron and wood

Overall: 20 cm (7 7/8 in.)

Gift of the African Art Sponsors of Karamu House 1929.365

Location

not on view

Provenance
1928
Purchased by Paul Travis on behalf of the African Art Sponsors and the Gilpin Players in Ekibondo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (then-Belgian Congo) 1
1928
The African Art Sponsors and the Gilpin Players 2
1929–
The Cleveland Museum of Art by gift

Provenance Footnotes

1 Boger, Ann C. et al. Paul B. Travis Africa 1927-1928. Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982. PP. 32, 35, 48
2 12/3/1928 letter to the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Cleveland Museum of Natural History from Hazel Mountain Walker (Gilpin Players, president) and Harry E. Davis (African Art Sponsors, president) reproduced on p. 54 of Adams, Henry et al. Paul Travis 1891-1975. Cleveland Artists Foundation, 2001.
Exhibition history

Western Reserve Historical Society (4/24/2004 - 11/27/2004): 'Standing on Ceremony: Traditional African Arms from the Donna and Robert Jackson Collection and the Cleveland Museum of Art"

Standing on Ceremony: Traditional African Arms from the Donna and Robert Jackson Collection and the Cleveland Museum of Art. Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 24, 2004-March 15, 2005).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1929.365