ClassificationsAfrican Art
Ceremonial Hoe
Place CreatedNigeria, Africa
CultureVere
MediumBrass, clay
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Dimensions15 3/4 in. (40 cm)
Object number2003.065.003
Exhibition HistoryAfrican Metal Implements: Weapons, Tools, and Regalia: Collection of Frederick and Claire Mebel, Hillwood Art Gallery, Greenvale, New York, 1984MCCM Permanent Collection Installation, Rotation 3, September 26, 1998 - Spring 2003
Published ReferencesPeter Westerdijk, African Metal Implements: Weapons, Tools, and Regalia: Collection of Frederick & Claire Mebel (Greenvale, NY: Hillwood Art Gallery, 1984), 20, number 58.
MCCM Newsletter, March - May, 2004.
ProvenanceEx coll. Frederick (1913-1998) and Claire Mebel (1916-1994), New York, by 1984. Thence by descent to Steven and Elaine Schwartzreich, New York. Purchased by MCCM from the Schwartzreichs.
Status
Not on viewCollections
- African Art
167 BCE-323 CE
300 BCE-1 CE
ca. 700-1520 CE
1539-1077 BCE
19th-late 20th Century
20th Century
19th Century or later
