Ngbaka
Ceremonial Blade
Ngbaka, 1900-1932
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Ngbaka
Ceremonial Blade
Ngbaka, 1900-1932
Physical Qualities
Iron, wood, 53.0 x 17.5 x 4 D cm.
Credit Line
Gift of Bernice Barth, Los Angeles
Object Number
2002.606
Forged metal in the form of a long flat shaft ending in a semi-circle with a central spur with flat end; sharpened edges all around perimeter. Wooden handle with a nail attached at bottom. Numerous etched short parallel lines on the perimeter, both sides and on raised medial ridge. Two circular 'nipples' etched with dots at upper center.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2002; Bernice Barth from her husband, Arthur H. Barth; Arthur H. Barth Primitive Art, Beverly Hills, CA; purchased in Europe in the 1960s
