H x W x D: 108.5 × 10.8 × 9.9 cm (42 11/16 × 4 1/4 × 3 7/8 in.)
Type:
Sculpture
Geography:
Niger
Date:
20th century
Description:
Tall, wrought-iron tool with a wide, flat flanged implement at top. The tool tapers twice at center in a diamond pattern. Geometric motifs are engraved on the flattened surface of the middle of the tool.
Provenance:
Drs. Nicole and John Dintenfass, New York, ca. 1985 to 2016
Private Collection, New York -- to ca. 1985
Exhibition History:
Caravans of Gold Fragments in Time, Block Museum of Art, Evanston, IL, January 26, 2019–July 21, 2019; The Aga Khan Museum, Toronto, Canada, September 21, 2019–February 23, 2020; Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington, D.C., July 16, 2021 – February 27, 2022
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