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- Artist
- Unknown (Nigerian, Yorùbá People)
- Title
- Beaded Ceremonial Sword and Sheath
- Date
- 20th century
- Medium
- Beads, metal, fabric, coins, brass, cowrie shells, and leather
- Dimensions
- Knife: 5 1/4 x 20 1/4 in.; Sheath: 10 x 17 1/2 x 1 7/16 in. overall
- Credit
- Gift of Drs. James and Gladys Witt Strain
- Accession No.
- 1992.84a-b
- Classification
- Beadwork
- Geography
- Nigeria
Related
5 May 1992, gifted by Drs. James and Gladys Strain (Riverdale, NY) to the Elvehjem Museum of Art [now called Chazen Museum of Art]
- Exhibition gallery guide, "Revealing Forms: African Art from the Elvehjem Collection." 2002.
- Drewal, Henry John. "African Art at the Elvehjem." Bulletin/Biennial Report 2001-2003. Elvehjem Museum of Art (2003): 16-36. pp. 16-36
- Rarey, Matthew Francis and Henry John Drewal. "Never at Rest: African Art at the University of Wisconsin." African Arts, vol 53, no. 4 (2020): 68-85. fig. 4
- Revealing Forms: African Art from the Collection: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 4/20/2002–6/16/2002
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