Tswana and Southern Sotho
Knife with European Horse Rider
1800
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Bone, metal, 10 3/8 × 1 5/8 in. (26.4 × 4.1 cm.)
Credit Line
Purchased as the gift of Amy Gould and Matthew Polk, Gibson Island, Maryland
Object Number
2017.221
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 2017; Jacaranda Tribal, New York; Michael Graham-Stewart, London; Alain Guisson, Brussels, Belgium
Baltimore Museum of Art; Permanent collection installation of African Art; December 2021-
Jack, Anthony. "Africa: Relics of the Colonial Era." London: Michael Graham-Stewart, 1991, p. 43.
Klopper, Sandra, "The Art of Southeast Africa from the Conru Collection." 5 Continents, 2002.
"The handle of this rare knife is presented as a European mounted on a horse or mule. He is bearded and wearing a jacket, while the horse is decorated with a halter. The base of the handle is decorated with seven registers of repeated oval shapes. The sheaht, which is perhaps older and belonged originally to anothe knife, has a leopard, a frog, and another abstracted animal carved in high relief." - The Art of Southeast Africa p.188
On View: Wurtzburger, Gallery
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