Knife-sheath tip (sika boha)
1800s
Maker Unknown
African Art
Knife-sheath tip (sika boha), 1800s. Africa, West Africa, Ghana, Asante Empire/Kingdom, Kumasi or probably Kumasi, member of the goldsmiths' guild. Gold; overall: 6.9 cm (2 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1935.308
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Arms and Armor
- Formatted Medium
- Gold
- Medium
- gold
- Dimensions
- Overall: 6.9 cm (2 11/16 in.)
- Departments
- African Art
- Accession Number
- 1935.308
- Credit Line
- Dudley P. Allen Fund
- Exhibitions
- The Silver Jubilee Exhibition, Perfect Documents: Walker Evans and African Art, The Power of Gold: Asante Royal Regalia from Ghana, NY, Museum of Modern Art, 1935: "African Negro Art," cat. no. 162, (also to CMA 9/27 - 10/27, 1935).<br>Portland Art Museum, Exhibition of Jewelry, November 21-December 28, 1952.<br>NY: The Brooklyn Museum, Masterpieces of African Art, October 18, 1954-January 2, 1955.<br>NY: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Perfect Documents: Walker Evans and African Art" 2/1/00 - 9/3/00, exh. cat. no. 18, p. 68.
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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