id: 110818 accession number: 1929.343 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1929.343 updated: 2024-03-26 01:57:13.615000 Drum (ingoma), by 1928. Africa, Eastern Africa, unknown maker. Wood, rawhide, and plant fiber; diameter: 31.2 cm (12 5/16 in.); overall: 40 cm (15 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the African Art Sponsors of Karamu House 1929.343 title: Drum (ingoma) 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 African Art Sponsors of Karamu House copyright: --- culture: Africa, Eastern Africa, unknown maker technique: Wood, rawhide, and plant fiber department: African Art collection: African Art type: Musical Instrument find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Diameter: 31.2 cm (12 5/16 in.); Overall: 40 cm (15 3/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: African Art opening date: 1960-03-01T05:00:00 African Art. Karamu House, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 1-May 30, 1960). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Purchased by Paul Travis on behalf of the African Art Sponsors and the Gilpin Players in Kampala, Uganda date: 1928 footnotes: *
Boger, Ann C et al. Paul B. Travis Africa 1927-1928. Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982. P. 24, 44
citations: The African Art Sponsors and the Gilpin Players date: 1928 footnotes: * citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art by Gift date: 1929– footnotes: *
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. Paul Travis 1891-1975. Cleveland Artists Foundation, 2001.
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