ClassificationsAfrican Art

Scepter (Makpo)

Place CreatedBenin, Africa

CultureFon

Date19th Century

MediumBrass, copper, iron, wood

Credit LineMuseum purchase

Dimensions22 x 10 x 1 in. (55.9 x 25.4 x 2.5 cm)

Object number2003.065.005

Exhibition HistoryThe Ornate Implement: An Exhibition of the African Knives, Swords, Axes, and Adzes from the Collection of Frederick and Claire Mebel, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 26 - March 29, 1981
African Metal Implements: Weapons, Tools, and Regalia: Collection of Frederick and Claire Mebel, Hillwood Art Gallery, Greenvale, New York, 1984
MCCM Permanent Collection Installation, Rotation 3, September 26, 1998 - Spring 2003
Published ReferencesTamara Northern, The Ornate Implement: An Exhibition of the African Knives, Swords, Axes, and Adzes from the Collection of Frederick and Claire Mebel (Hanover, NH: Dartmouth College Museum and Galleries, 1981), 34, figure 133.
Peter Westerdijk, African Metal Implements: Weapons, Tools, and Regalia: Collection of Frederick & Claire Mebel (Greenvale, NY: Hillwood Art Gallery, 1984), 15, number 27.
MCCM Newsletter, March - May 2004.

ProvenanceEx coll. Frederick (1913-1998) and Claire (1916-1994) Mebel, New York, from at least 1984. Thence by descent to Steven and Elaine Schwartzreich, New York. Purchased by MCCM from the Schwartzreichs.

Status

Not on view

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