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Collection Online as of May 7, 2024

Throwing Knife / Prestige Scepter (pingha)

Throwing Knife / Prestige Scepter (pingha)

1800–mid-1900s
Iron alloy and plant fiber
Overall: 45.5 cm (17 15/16 in.)
Gift of Donna L. and Robert H. Jackson 2015.156
Location: not on view
  • by at least 2004
    Jacques Hautelet, La Jolla, CA
    ?-2015
    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. 17
  • 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
  • {{cite web|title=Throwing Knife / Prestige Scepter (pingha)|url=false|author=|year=1800–mid-1900s|access-date=07 May 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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