Skip to main content
Membership Shop

Bangwa

Ceremonial Dagger

Bangwa, 1867-1899

Scroll

Bangwa

Ceremonial Dagger

Bangwa

Ceremonial Dagger

Bangwa, 1867-1899

Physical Qualities Iron, wood, 51 H x 7.7 W x 3.8 D cm.
Credit Line Anonymous Gift
Object Number 1999.465
Hilt in the form of a ringed handle surmounted by two heads facing in opposite directions
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1999; purchased from LeVeel, Paris.

Culture

Bangwa

2000–2000

Meet Bangwa →
Not on View

Explore the Collection Further

BY SAME ARTIST
AFRICA, THE AMERICAS, ASIA, AND THE PACIFIC ISLANDS
Bangwa
Pipe
1867–1932
Kuba
Ceremonial Dagger (Ikul)
1800–1932
Bangwa
Female figure
1933–1966
Kuba
Ceremonial Dagger (Ikul)
1900–1966
Kuba
Ceremonial Dagger (Ikul)
1900–1932
Kuba
Ceremonial Belt (Yet) for Mbwoota Mbwaak
1959–1968
T'Boli Arts & Crafts, SCM Cultural Foundation, Inc.
T'Boli Ceremonial Blanket (Kumo) of T'nalak Cloth
1969–1979
LOVERS STEPPING INTO A CANOPIED BOAT, WATCHED BY MAN WITH DAGGER
Charles Heath
Lovers Stepping into a Canopied Boat, Watched by Man with Dagger
1804–1847
Man's Ceremonial Skirt (Kotilaam)
Kuba
Man's Ceremonial Skirt (Kotilaam)
1933–1966
Ceremonial Trough
Dogon
Ceremonial Trough
1899–1999
Mbugbu
Ceremonial Blade
2000
Ngbaka
Ceremonial Blade
2000