id: 110793 accession number: 1929.323 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1929.323 updated: 2025-05-01 11:03:30.847000 Part of a chair, 1900s. Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mangbetu style, unknown carver. Wood; overall: 49.9 x 2.6 x 4.6 cm (19 5/8 x 1 x 1 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Gilpin Players of Karamu House, 1929.323 title: Part of a chair title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1900s creation date earliest: 1900 creation date latest: 1929 current location: creditline: Gift of the Gilpin Players of Karamu House copyright: --- culture: Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mangbetu style, unknown carver technique: Wood department: African Art collection: African Art type: Furniture and woodwork find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 49.9 x 2.6 x 4.6 cm (19 5/8 x 1 x 1 13/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Acquired by Paul Travis on behalf of the African Art Sponsors and the Gilpin Players in Ekibondo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (then-Belgian Congo) date: 1928 footnotes: *
It appears on a checklist of "African Material" circa 1928 as "carved head of seat arm; Mangbettu; Ekibondis Village." Archives of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.
citations: The Gilpin Players of Karamu House date: 1928 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art by gift date: 1929— footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1929.323/1929.323_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1929.323/1929.323_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1929.323/1929.323_full.tif