id: 110795 accession number: 1929.325 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1929.325 updated: 2023-03-04 09:29:43.244000 Shield, by 1928. Africa, East Africa, unknown maker. Bamboo, wood, pelt, and plant fiber; overall: 34.6 cm (13 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Gilpin Players of Karamu House 1929.325 title: Shield title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: by 1928 creation date earliest: 1900 creation date latest: 1928 current location: creditline: Gift of the Gilpin Players of Karamu House copyright: --- culture: Africa, East Africa, unknown maker technique: Bamboo, wood, pelt, and plant fiber department: African Art collection: African Art type: Arms and Armor find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 34.6 cm (13 5/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Standing on Ceremony: Traditional African Arms from the Donna and Robert Jackson Collection and the Cleveland Museum of Art opening date: 2004-04-24T00:00:00 Standing on Ceremony: Traditional African Arms from the Donna and Robert Jackson Collection and the Cleveland Museum of Art. Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 24, 2004-March 15, 2005). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Western Reserve Historical Society (4/24/2004 - 11/27/2004): 'Standing on Ceremony: Traditional African Arms from the Donna and Robert Jackson Collection and the Cleveland Museum of Art" --- PROVENANCE Purchased by Paul Travis on behalf of the African Art Sponsors and the Gilpin Players in Kampala, Uganda date: 1928 footnotes: *