Currency Blade, (Kul, Kuel)

Date18th - 19th century

Culture of Origin Sara

Culture of Origin Ngam

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. 72-73

Credit 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