id:			98657
accession number:	1918.356
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1918.356
updated:		2025-02-08 22:38:49.366000

Figurative harp (domu), 1900s. Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mangbetu style, unknown maker. Wood, rawhide, and string; overall: 63.6 cm (25 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Charles G. King Jr. collection; Gift of Ralph King in memory of Charles G. King Jr. 1918.356

title:				Figurative harp (domu)
title in original language:	
series:				
series in original language:	
creation date:			1900s
creation date earliest:		1900
creation date latest:		1918
current location:		
creditline:			The Charles G. King Jr. collection; Gift of Ralph King in memory of Charles G. King Jr.
copyright:			

---

culture:	Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mangbetu style, unknown maker
technique:	Wood, rawhide, and string
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Musical Instrument
find spot:	
catalogue raisonne: 

---

CREATORS

---

measurements: Overall: 63.6 cm (25 1/16 in.)
state of the work:	
edition of the work: 	

support materials:


inscriptions:

---

CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Exhibition of the Month: Music in Art
	opening date:   1945-10-02T05:00:00
	<i>Exhibition of the Month: Music in Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 2, 1945-February 4, 1946).

---

LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

---

PROVENANCE

	Ralph King
	date: ?–1918
	footnotes: 	
	citations: 	


	The Cleveland Museum of Art by gift
	date: 1918–
	footnotes: 	
	citations: 	


---

fun fact:


digital description:


wall description:

---

RELATED WORKS

---

CITATIONS

	"Accessions." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 5, no. 8/9 (1918): 82-85.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 82
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25136230

	D. S. M. "Exhibition of Musical Instruments." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 8, no. 9 (1921): 134-43.
	page number: 	Mentioned: pp. 134-137
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25136517

---

IMAGES

web:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1918.356/1918.356_web.jpg
print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1918.356/1918.356_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1918.356/1918.356_full.tif