Collector:

Richard D. Mohun  Search this

Donor Name:

U. S. Department Of State  Search this

Culture:

Kuba  Search this

(Ba Kuba)  Search this

Object Type:

Knife

Place:

Sankuru River, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa

Accession Date:

1895

Notes:

FROM CARD: "#174842 - BRASS. NO.174841 SENT AS AN EXCHANGE TO E. W. KEYSER, WASHINGTON, D.C., DEC. 16, 1925. NO. 174,841 WAS APPARENTLY SOLD BY KEYSER TO V.J. EVANS AND WAS RE-CATALOGED AS NO. 360,007 IN 1931 WHEN EVANS COLLECTION WAS ACCESSIONED. CLEANED, SEE RESTORTION RECORD. 1-23-64 (174,838)."

Listed on page 60 in "The Exhibits of the Smithsonian Institution at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, California, 1915", in section "Arts of the Africans (Musical)".

Record Last Modified:

8 Mar 2022

Specimen Count:

1

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

029024

USNM Number:

E174839-0

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Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3c2aa33c0-38c5-4cbf-8b4d-b637cc8c6961

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8350102