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        "tombstone": "Shield, by 1928. Africa, Uganda/Kenya, 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",
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        "title": "Shield",
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                {
                    "id": 223257,
                    "title": "Standing on Ceremony: Traditional African Arms from the Donna and Robert Jackson Collection and the Cleveland Museum of Art",
                    "description": "<i>Standing on Ceremony: Traditional African Arms from the Donna and Robert Jackson Collection and the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 24, 2004-March 15, 2005).",
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                    "description": "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\"",
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                "description": "Purchased by Paul Travis on behalf of the African Art Sponsors and the Gilpin Players in Kampala, Uganda",
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                    "<ul><li><!--block-->Boger, Ann C. et al. <em>Paul B. Travis Africa 1927-1928</em>. Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982. P. 24, 44</li><li><!--block-->It appears on a checklist of \"African Material\" circa 1928 as part of a group of three \"ceremonial shields.\" The place of collection is obscured by torn paper. Archives of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.</li></ul>"
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                    "<div><!--block-->12/3/1928 letter to the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Cleveland Museum of Natural History from Hazel Mountain Walker (Gilpin Players, president) and Harry E. Davis (African Art Sponsors, president) reproduced on p. 54 of Adams, Henry et al. <em>Paul Travis 1891-1975</em>. Cleveland Artists Foundation, 2001.</div>"
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        "description": "A shield with a similar shape is on the Ugandan coat of arms, adopted in 1962 to mark the country's independence from Great Britain.",
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            {
                "citation": "Windmuller-Luna, Kristen. \"An Obsession with Heads: The Impact of African Arts, Anthropology, and Photography on the Works of Alberto Giacometti,\" <em>Medium </em>(May 2022).",
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