Cleveland Museum of Art

Elephant Prod (?)

Date

early 1900s

Medium

Wood, wire, upholstery studs, and metal

Culture

Africa, Central Africa, Angola, unknown maker

Department

African Art

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

In the early twentieth century, museums often collected objects from Africa for their ethnographic––not artistic––value, which is why this tool is in the CMA's collection.

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