id:			118875
accession number:	1940.1078
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1940.1078
updated:		2025-06-25 11:06:46.257000

Ceremonial Adze, 1800s. Polynesia, Mangaia, Cook Islands, 19th century. Wood, stone, fiber; overall: 10.2 cm (4 in.); blade: 9.3 x 3.6 cm (3 11/16 x 1 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Richard Inglis, 1940.1078

title:				Ceremonial Adze
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creation date:			1800s
creation date earliest:		1800
creation date latest:		1899
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creditline:			Gift of Richard Inglis
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culture:	Polynesia, Mangaia, Cook Islands, 19th century
technique:	wood, stone, fiber
department:	Oceania
collection:	Oceanic Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 10.2 cm (4 in.); Blade: 9.3 x 3.6 cm (3 11/16 x 1 7/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Imagination of Primitive Man
	opening date:   1962-01-18T05:00:00
	<i>The Imagination of Primitive Man</i>. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO (organizer) (January 18-February 25, 1962).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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CITATIONS

	William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts, and Ralph T. Coe. <em>The Imagination of Primitive Man: A Survey of the Arts of the Non-Literate Peoples of the World</em>. Kansas City, Mo: The Museum, 1962.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 82, no 142; Reproduced: p. 83, no. 142
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 305
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n329

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 305
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n329

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 417
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n437

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