id:			110795
accession number:	1929.325
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1929.325
updated:		2025-05-01 11:03:30.855000

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

title:				Shield
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series:				
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creation date:			by 1928
creation date earliest:		1900
creation date latest:		1928
current location:		
creditline:			Gift of the Gilpin Players of Karamu House
copyright:			

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culture:	Africa, Uganda/Kenya, unknown maker
technique:	Bamboo, wood, pelt, and plant fiber
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Arms and Armor
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measurements: Overall: 34.6 cm (13 5/8 in.)
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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
	<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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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'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"', 'opening_date': '2004-04-24T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Purchased by Paul Travis on behalf of the African Art Sponsors and the Gilpin Players in Kampala, Uganda
	date: 1928
	footnotes: 	
			
			* <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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	The African Art Sponsors and the Gilpin Players
	date: 1928
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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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	The Cleveland Museum of Art by gift
	date: 1929–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	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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	url:		https://medium.com/cma-thinker/an-obsession-with-heads-968e8e8c2d30

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IMAGES

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