Ask the Scholar

{
    "localId": "110804",
    "label": "Throwing Knife",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object"
}

{
    "id": "110804",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Throwing Knife",
    "date": "1800s",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1929.333",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q80002905"
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms and Armor"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1929.333/1929.333_web.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1929.333/1929.333_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1929.333/1929.333_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 36.5 cm (14 3/8 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Oriental Province, Mangbetu, 19th century"
    ],
    "accession": "1929.333"
}

{
    "tec": "Iron and wood",
    "tombstone": "Throwing Knife, 1800s. Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Oriental Province, Mangbetu, 19th century. Iron and wood; overall: 36.5 cm (14 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Gilpin Players of Karamu House, 1929.333",
    "collection": "African Art",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "Boger, Ann C. et al. Paul B. Travis Africa 1927-1928. Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982. p. 36."
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1929.333",
    "creditline": "Gift of the Gilpin Players of Karamu House",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:52:33.012000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1929.333/1929.333_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 110804,
    "dept": "African Art",
    "coll": "African Art",
    "med": "Iron and wood",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

{
    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1929.333/1929.333_web.jpg",
    "mediaId": "35a64c3cdea625fe"
}