id: 110830 accession number: 1929.354 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1929.354 updated: 2024-03-26 01:57:13.669000 Back Skirt/Sitting Pad (negbe), by 1928. Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mangbetu-style makers. Plant fibers and dye; overall: 26 x 33.7 x 10.2 cm (10 1/4 x 13 1/4 x 4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the African Art Sponsors of Karamu House 1929.354 title: Back Skirt/Sitting Pad (negbe) 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, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mangbetu-style makers technique: Plant fibers and dye department: African Art collection: African Art type: Garment find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 26 x 33.7 x 10.2 cm (10 1/4 x 13 1/4 x 4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Stories From Storage opening date: 2021-02-07T05:00:00 Stories From Storage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- 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 footnotes: *