id:			129226
accession number:	1952.118
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url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1952.118
updated:		2023-03-08 14:59:23.327000

Pendant: Face in Crescent, 1900s. Africa, West Africa, Côte d'Ivoire, probably Baule-style goldsmith. Gold; overall: 7 x 7.4 cm (2 3/4 x 2 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1952.118

title:				Pendant: Face in Crescent
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creation date:			1900s
creation date earliest:		1900
creation date latest:		1999
current location:		108C Akan & Yoruba
creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Africa, West Africa, Côte d'Ivoire, probably Baule-style goldsmith
technique:	Gold
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Jewelry
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measurements: Overall: 7 x 7.4 cm (2 3/4 x 2 15/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Baule:  African Art/Western Eyes
	opening date:   1997-08-30T00:00:00
	<i>Baule:  African Art/Western Eyes</i>. Yale University Art Gallery (organizer) (August 30, 1997-January 4, 1998); The Art Institute of Chicago (February 14-May 10, 1998).

	title:		Baule:  African Art/Western Eyes
	opening date:   1998-09-11T00:00:00
	<i>Baule:  African Art/Western Eyes</i>. Museum for African Art, NY (September 11, 1998-January 3, 1999); National Museum of African Art, Washington, DC (February 9-May 16, 1999).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* New Haven, CT: Yale University Art Gallery, 8/30/97 - 1/4/98.  Art Institute of Chicago, 2/14/98 - 5/19/98. NY: The Museum for African Art, 9/11/98 - 1/3/99.  Washington, DC: National Museum for African Art, 2/9/99 - 5/16/99, Baule: African Art: Western Eyes. color repr. p. 201.

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PROVENANCE

	René Rasmussen, Paris, France
	date: 1951    
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	Nasli Heeramaneck, New York
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	René Rasmussen, Paris (1951); Nasli Heeramaneck, New York
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wall description:
This pendant was cast in gold using the lost-wax method. Gold objects are the only Baule art forms associated with ancestor spirits. Usually hidden in pots or suitcases, gold adornments are displayed on important occasions such as funerals. They are laid out around the corpse before burial. A widow will wear them on a chain around her neck or attached to her hair at the ceremony signaling the end of mourning.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 390
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n72

	Vogel, Susan Mullin. <em>Baule: African Art, Western Eyes</em>. New Haven, Conn: Yale University Press, 1997.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 299; Reproduced: p. 201
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