Prestige Blade (Osélé Onzil)

Arts of Africa

Early 20th century

Kota
Gabon

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of Africa

Title: Prestige Blade (Osélé Onzil)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1900–1940
Medium: Iron, wood, and brass
Dimensions: H.: 35.5 cm (14 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Ethan Rider
Reference Number: 2026.127

Jan Elsen and Luc Lefebvre, Osélé Onzil: Bird-Head Knives from West-Central Africa (Brussels, Belgium: Vasco & Co. / Emilia da Paz, 2024), plate 2.12.
Ethan Rider, 100 African Blades, vol. 3 (forthcoming in 2026).

Private collection, USA; sold to Ethan W. Rider, Oakland, CA, 2024; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2026.

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