id: 144256
accession number: 1969.10
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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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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
Year in Review: 1969. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 27-February 22, 1970).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* CMA 1968: "African Tribal Images: The Katherine White Reswick Collection," cat. no. 269, repr.
CMA 1970: "Year in Review 1969," CMA Bulletin LVII (Jan., 1970), p. 47, no. 131, repr. p. 40.
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).
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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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CITATIONS
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 412
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n432
Petridis, Constantijn. South of the Sahara: selected works of African art. 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 Representing Africa in American Art Museums: A Century of Collecting and Display. 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. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 36
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