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Dagger handle
Dagger handle

Dagger handle

Dateca. 1490-1530
Maker Sapi
Object number68.28
Exhibition HistoryNew York, New York, Center for African Art, Africa and the Renaissance, November 16, 1988 - April 17, 1989, Houston, Texas, Museum of Fine Arts, May 13 - August 20, 1989
Credit LineNasli and Alice Heeramaneck Collection
Dimensions7 x 1 15/16 x 2 7/16 in. (17.8 x 4.9 x 6.2 cm)
MediumIvory
Salt cellar
Sierra Leone
ca. 1490-1530
Object number: 68.30
Salt cellar
Sierra Leone
ca. 1490-1530
Object number: 68.31
Salt cellar
Sierra Leone
ca. 1490-1530
Object number: 81.17.189
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Sierra Leone
Object number: 51.19
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Polynesian
probably 19th century
Object number: 68.141
Dagger
Melanesian
Object number: 60.23
Horse's head handle
ca. 2nd-3rd century B.C.
Object number: 55.126
Carrying handle, engraved
1870s or 1880s
Object number: 48.156
Photo: Paul Macapia
Sierra Leone
20th century
Object number: 98.57
Cloth
Sierra Leone
Object number: 81.17.190
Sierra Leone
Object number: 81.17.191
Standing female figure
Sierra Leone
20th century
Object number: 94.104