id:			144256
accession number:	1969.10
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1969.10
updated:		2025-05-24 12:02:25.903000

Shrine Figure (misi or mishi), late 1800s-early 1900s. Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, pre-Bembe style or Boyo-style maker. Wood and cotton; overall: 48.6 x 15.6 x 17.2 cm (19 1/8 x 6 1/8 x 6 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Katherine C. White, 1969.10

title:				Shrine Figure (misi or mishi)
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creation date:			late 1800s-early 1900s
creation date earliest:		1880
creation date latest:		1920
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creditline:			Gift of Katherine C. White
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culture:	Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, pre-Bembe style or Boyo-style maker
technique:	Wood and cotton
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Sculpture
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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 48.6 x 15.6 x 17.2 cm (19 1/8 x 6 1/8 x 6 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1969
	opening date:   1970-01-27T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1969</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 27-February 22, 1970).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'CMA 1968: "African Tribal Images: The Katherine White Reswick Collection," cat. no. 269, repr.', 'opening_date': '1968-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA 1970: "Year in Review 1969," CMA Bulletin LVII (Jan., 1970), p. 47, no. 131, repr. p. 40.', 'opening_date': '1970-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Circulated by International Exhibitions Foundation, 1/22/70 - 6/21/70: "African Heritage," cat. Fagg, no. 100, repr. p. 91.  Traveled to Washington, Kansas City, Brooklyn).', 'opening_date': '1970-01-22T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	J. J. Klejman, NY
	date: 1962    
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	J. J. Klejman, NY (1962); Katherine White Reswick
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Fagg, William, and Cleveland Museum of Art. 1968. <em>African Tribal Images; the Katherine White Reswick Collection</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, no. 1, cat. 131.
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	Wixom, William D. "African Art in the Cleveland Museum of Art." African Arts 10, no. 3 (1977): 16-25, 88, fig. 10.
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	Drewal, Henry John. African Art: A Brief Guide to the Collection. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1989, fig.7.
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, "CMA Handbook", 1991b, p. 149.
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	Timothy C. Connell, World Art Transparencies, to accompany World History The Human Odyssey and Modern World History by Jackson J. Spielvogel (Cincinnati: West Educational Publishing, 1998), Acetate 41.
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	Sally Ruth May, Knockouts: A Pocket Guide (CMA, 2001), no. 71, p. 68, repr. color; listed p. 118.
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	Petridis, Constantine. "A New Installation for African Art in Cleveland." Tribal v.9 n.3, i. 36 (Autumn/Winter 2004): 68-73.
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	Berzock, Kathleen Bickford and Christa Clarke, ed. Representing Africa in American Art Museums: A Century of Collecting and Display. (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2011), p. 114, fig. 5.8.
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	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. 412
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n432

	Petridis, Constantijn. <em>South of the Sahara: selected works of African art. </em>Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2003.
	page number: 	Reproduced: cat. 32, p. 94 - 95
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	Petridis, Constantine. "A World of Great Art for Everyone." In <em>Representing Africa in American Art Museums: A Century of Collecting and Display</em>. Kathleen Bickford Berzock and Christa Clarke, 104-121. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2011.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 114, fig. 5.8
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	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 36
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