Knife

Object Number:

AF2112

Current Location:

Collections storage

Culture:

Edo (Africa)

Provenience:

Nigeria
Benin Kingdom

Date Made:

18th century

Section:

African

Materials:

Bronze
Copper Alloy

Iconography:

Human Hand

Description:

Bill-hook shape, with handle terminating as human hand.

Credit Line:

Purchased from W. O. Oldman

Other Number:

25777

Dealer's Number

Seven Metals of Africa (12 Nov 1959 - 12 Jan 1960)

Iyare: Splendor and Tension in Benin's Palace Theater (01 Nov 2008 - 01 Mar 2009)

[Book] Brown, Martha M. 2009. Iyare! Splendor & Tension in Benin's Palace Theatre: An African Curriculum for Students. : Page/Fig./Plate: 11

[Book] Plass, Margaret. 1959. Seven Metals of Africa.