id: 138379
accession number: 1962.307
share license status: CC0
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1962.307
updated: 2022-07-26 09:00:19.953000
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
African Sculpture. 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
The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. 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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* 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
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Katherine White Reswick (aka Katherine C. White)
date: ?-1962
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CITATIONS
Sims, Lowery Stokes. The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content, and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2006.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 88-89, no. 55
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IMAGES
web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1962.307/1962.307_web.jpg
print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1962.307/1962.307_print.jpg
full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1962.307/1962.307_full.tif