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Collection Online as of July 10, 2025

Ceremonial Sword (ngulu)

1800s–1900s
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
  • private collection, Belgium
    ?-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
  • 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=Ceremonial Sword (ngulu)|url=false|author=|year=1800s–1900s|access-date=10 July 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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