Currency Blade, (Kul, Kuel)
Date18th - 19th century
Culture of Origin
Sara
Culture of Origin
Ngam
Maker
Chad
Object number2007.200
Photo CreditPhoto by Tom Joyce
Exhibition HistoryAsheville, North Carolina, Life Force at the Anvil, A Blacksmith's Art from Africa, May 22 - August 28, 1998Published ReferencesSchadler, Karl-Ferdinand, trans., Geoffrey P. Burwell. Earth and Ore:  2500 years of African Art in Terra Cotta and Metal.  Eurasburg: Edition Minerva Hermann Famung, 1997  p. 328
Lohse, Wulf and Huberte Goote. Other People's Money.  Zug, Switzerland:  Huberte Goote Gallery, 1995,  p.35
Mattet, Laurence and Jean Paul Barbier-Mueller, eds.  De Fer et de Fierte.  Milan: Continents Editions srl, 2003  p. 72-73Credit LinePartial gift of Tom Joyce and partial purchase with funds from John and Robyn Horn
Dimensions19 x 6 1/4 x 1/8 in. (48.3 x 15.9 x 0.3 cm)
MediumIron
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