Currency Blade, (Liganda doa, Dihunga)

19th-20th century

Lokele/Turumba/Topoke

Republic of the Congo

Iron

67 x 13 1/8 x 3/4 in. (170.2 x 33.3 x 1.9cm)

Partial gift of Tom Joyce and partial purchase with funds from John and Robyn Horn

2007.208

Photo by Tom Joyce

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistoryAsheville, North Carolina, Life Force at the Anvil, A Blacksmith's Art from Africa, May 22 - August 28, 1998

Published ReferencesMarc, Alexander, ed. African Art: The World bank Collection, Virginia: Master Print, 1998 p. 33, 72, 73

Vogel, Susan M. ed. ART/artifact. New York: The Center for African Art, 1988 p. 170

Ballarini, Roberto, trans. Pamela Knight. Black African's Traditional arms. Milano: Africa Curio, S.A.S., 1992 p. 41, 107

Schaedler, Karl-Ferdinanc. Weaving in Africa South of the Sahara. Munich: Panterra Verlag, 1987 p. 225

Lohse, Wulf and Huberte Goote. Other People's Money. Zug, Switzerland: Huberte Goote Gallery, 1995 p. 14

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