id:			138379
accession number:	1962.307
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1962.307
updated:		2023-04-23 10:02:29.618000

Antelope Headdress, early 1900s. Western Sudan, Mali, Bamana, early 20th century. Wood, metal, glass beads, seashells, string, and probably tar; overall: 45.2 x 4.8 x 12.4 cm (17 13/16 x 1 7/8 x 4 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Katherine C. White 1962.307

title:				Antelope Headdress
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creation date:			early 1900s
creation date earliest:		1900
creation date latest:		1925
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creditline:			Gift of Katherine C. White
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culture:	Western Sudan, Mali, Bamana, early 20th century
technique:	Wood, metal, glass beads, seashells, string, and probably tar
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Mask
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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 45.2 x 4.8 x 12.4 cm (17 13/16 x 1 7/8 x 4 7/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		African Sculpture
	opening date:   1963-04-19T05:00:00
	<i>African Sculpture</i>. Kenyon College, Gambier, OH (organizer) (April 19-May 6, 1963).

	title:		The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2006-06-09T00:00:00
	<i>The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (MOCA), Cleveland, OH (June 9-August 20, 2006).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* MOCA Cleveland (6/9/2006 - 8/20/2006): "The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art", no. 55, p. 118, repr. p. 89.

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PROVENANCE

	Julius Carlebach, NY
	date: no earlier than 1939
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			* <div><!--block-->Carlebach fled from the Nazis in Germany in 1937; he started his gallery in New York in 1939. The New York Times, obituary October 14, 1964&nbsp;</div>
			
			
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	Katherine White Reswick (aka Katherine C. White)
	date: ?-1962
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CITATIONS

	Sims, Lowery Stokes. <em>The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content, and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2006.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 88-89, no. 55
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