Banda
Throwing Knife (Ondo)
Banda, 1900-1999
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Banda
Throwing Knife (Ondo)
Banda, 1900-1999
Physical Qualities
Iron, fiber, 46.3 H x 30.2 W x 1.8 D cm.
Credit Line
Anonymous Gift
Object Number
2002.130
This aerodynamically designed knife is perfectly balanced around a central point of gravity so that it might be thrown and reach its target with precision. The rounded “blades” of this knife, however, reflect the aesthetic sensibility of its artist suggesting that the knife functioned primarily to enhance its owner’s prestige and wealth.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2002; Howard and Jane Cohen, Baltimore
