id:			110829
accession number:	1929.353
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1929.353
updated:		2025-05-01 11:03:30.916000

Back Skirt/Sitting Pad (negbe), by 1928. Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mangbetu-style makers. Plant fibers and dye; overall: 19.7 x 27.3 x 6.3 cm (7 3/4 x 10 3/4 x 2 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the African Art Sponsors of Karamu House, 1929.353

title:				Back Skirt/Sitting Pad (negbe)
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creation date:			by 1928
creation date earliest:		1900
creation date latest:		1928
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creditline:			Gift of the African Art Sponsors of Karamu House
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culture:	Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mangbetu-style makers
technique:	Plant fibers and dye
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Garment
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measurements: Overall: 19.7 x 27.3 x 6.3 cm (7 3/4 x 10 3/4 x 2 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Stories from Storage
	opening date:   2021-02-06T05:00:00
	<i>Stories from Storage</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Purchased 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
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			* <div><!--block-->Boger, Ann C. et al. <em>Paul B. Travis Africa 1927-1928</em>. Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982. PP. 32, 46</div>
			
			* <div><!--block-->It appears on a checklist of "African Material" circa 1928 as part of a group of "7 woven mats of grass and banana leaf. These are hooked in the belt to serve as ornaments when standing and as seats when sitting. Mangbettu, Ekibondis Village." Archives of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.</div>
			
			
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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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	African Art Sponsors of Karamu House, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1929
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1929-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Boger, Ann C. et al. Paul B. Travis Africa 1927-1928. Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982. p. 30.
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