Sword Hilt, no date

  • Baule, African

Gold leaf over carved wood

  • Overall: 7 1/2 × 2 5/8 × 2 5/8 inches (19.1 × 6.7 × 6.7 cm)

Bequest of Robert H. Tannahill

70.58

On View

  • African: Fit for a King, Level 1, North

Department

African Art

estate of Robert H. Tannahill [1893-1969]

1970-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Quarcoopome, Nii. “Akan Leadership and Status Objects,” Bulletin of the DIA 91, 1-4 (2017): p. 50 (fig. 2.33).

Baule, African, Sword Hilt, no date, gold leaf over carved wood. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of Robert H. Tannahill, 70.58.