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African Art
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Knobkerrie
19th–20th century
Wood, copper, iron, and brass
27 × 3 × 1 5/8 in. (68.58 × 7.62 × 4.13 cm)
Bequest of Paul F. Walter
2021.2.2
Geography:
South Africa
Culture:
Zulu
Period:
19th–20th century
Classification:
Tools and Equipment
Provenance:
Egon Guenther Family Collection, Johannesburg, acquired in South Africa, in the 1960s; sale, Sotheby’s, New York, November 18, 2000, lot 172; sold to Paul F. Walter (1937–2017), New York; bequeathed to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2017
Bibliography:
Sotheby’s, New York, African Art from the Egon Guenther Family Collection, sale cat. (November 18, 2000), 112, fig. 171.
Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.
