Songye. Axe, 19th century [Arts of Africa - Brooklyn Museum Collection]
Songye. Axe, 19th century. Copper alloy, wood, 9 1/16 x 15 9/16 in. (23 x 39.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.838. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.22.838_threequarter_PS5.jpg)
Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando) (Japanese, 1797-1858). Nihonbashi: Daimyō Procession Setting Out, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road, ca. 1833-1834. Color woodblock print on paper, 9 3/8 x 14 1/4 in. (23.8 x 36.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Maurice H. Cottle, 79.253.10 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 79.253.10_IMLS_PS3.jpg)
Ngala. Executioner's Sword, late 19th or early 20th century. Iron, wood, metal wire and nailheads, 5 1/8 x 21 7/16 in. (13 x 54.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.414. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.22.414_threequarter_PS5.jpg)
Axe with Handle and Blade, late 19th century. Wood and iron, 5 1/2 x 12 13/16 in. (14 x 32.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.580. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.22.580_threequarter_PS5.jpg)
Ngbandi. Executioner's Sword, 19th century. Iron, wood, 3 7/16 x 25 9/16 in. (8.7 x 65 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.439. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.22.439_side_PS5.jpg)
Nkundu ?. Sword, late 19th or early 20th century. Iron, wood, metal wire, 19 7/8 x 7 11/16 in. (50.5 x 19.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.423. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.22.423_threequarter_PS5.jpg)
Ntomba. Knife with Scabbard, late 19th-early 20th century. Iron, copper alloy, 3 1/8 x 15 3/4 in. (8 x 40 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.1520a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.22.1520a-b_assembled_PS5.jpg)
Yanzi. Knife, late 19th or early 20th century. Iron, metal strips, 5 7/8 x 10 1/4 in. (15 x 26 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.1508. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.22.1508_side_PS5.jpg)
Ngbandi. Executioner's Sword, Engraved, 19th century. Iron, leather, metal wire, nailheads, 3 1/4 x 24 in. (8.3 x 61 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.438. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.22.438_threequarter_PS5.jpg)
CULTURE Ngombe
MEDIUM Iron, fiber
Place Made: Democratic Republic of the Congo
DATES 19th century
DIMENSIONS 9 1/16 x 17 5/16 in. (23 x 44 cm) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS Arts of Africa
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
ACCESSION NUMBER 22.1564
CREDIT LINE Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund
Ngombe. Throwing Knife, 19th century. Iron, fiber, 9 1/16 x 17 5/16 in. (23 x 44 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.1564. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.22.1564_top_PS5.jpg)