# Elephant Prod (?)

- Date: early 1900s
- Medium: Wood, wire, upholstery studs, and metal
- Classification: Arms and Armor
- Dimensions: Overall: 3.2 cm (1 1/4 in.)
- Culture: Africa, Central Africa, Angola, unknown maker
- Credit line: Educational Purchase Fund
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1915.498)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1915.498/1915.498_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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.