As Assembled: 53 x 21 x 4 1/4 in. (134.6 x 53.3 x 10.8 cm)
Sword: 32 x 5 3/4 x 1 in. (81.3 x 14.6 x 2.5 cm)
Sheath: 24 1/8 x 7 3/8 x 1 1/2 in. (61.3 x 18.7 x 3.8 cm)
Court of Benin, taken from the Royal Palace in 1897 during the British military occupation of Benin; [W. D. Webster, London, until ca. 1900]; Augustus Lane-Fox Pitt-Rivers, Farnham, Dorset, U.K., ca. 1900–ca. (d.)1966; Christian Humann, New York and Bermuda, on loan to The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, until (d.)1981; [Merton D. Simpson, New York, 1981–1984]; Claire and Frederick Mebel, ca. 1984–1994
Pitt‑Rivers, Augustus Lane‑Fox. Antique Works of Art from Benin: by Augustus Pitt‑Rivers, with a new introduction by Bernard Fagg. New York: Dover Publications, 1976, pl. XXIX, figs.212, 213.
Ross, Doran H. Elephant: The Animal and Its Ivory in African Culture. Los Angeles: Fowler Museum of Cultural History, 1992.
Westerdijk, Peter. African Metal Implements: Weapons, Tools and Regalia: Collection of Frederick and Claire Mebel. Greenvale, NY: Hillwood Art Gallery, Greenvale, 1984, p. 17, no. 46.