id:			144863
accession number:	1969.8
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1969.8
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:25.114000

Mask (ndeemba), early 1900s. Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Yaka-style carver. Wood, raffia, paint, and cotton; overall: 47 cm (18 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Katherine C. White 1969.8

title:				Mask (ndeemba)
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creation date:			early 1900s
creation date earliest:		1900
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, Yaka-style carver
technique:	Wood, raffia, paint, and cotton
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Mask
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measurements: Overall: 47 cm (18 1/2 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).

	title:		Second Careers: Two Tributaries in African Art
	opening date:   2020-11-01T04:00:00
	<i>Second Careers: Two Tributaries in African Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 1, 2020-March 14, 2021).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'CMA 1968: "African Tribal Images: The Katherine White Reswick Collection," cat. no. 231, repr.', 'opening_date': '1968-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA 1970: "Year in Review 1969," CMA Bulletin LVII (Jan., 1970), p. 47, no. 132, repr. p. 42.', 'opening_date': '1970-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA 1978: Handbook, 1978, p. 412.', 'opening_date': '1978-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA 1991: Handbook, 1991, p. 151.', 'opening_date': '1991-01-01T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Robert Stolper, New York
	date: 1962    
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	Katherine C. White (Reswick), [1929-1980], Gates Mills, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1969
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1969-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	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. 39, p. 108 - 109
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	"Current Exhibitions", Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em>. Vol. 43 no. 08, October 2003
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 2
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2003-08/page/n1/

	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Museum Masters : 2016-17 Companion Guide</em>. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2016.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: P. 14
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	Nzewi, Ugochukwu-Smooth C. <em>Second Careers : Two Tributaries in African Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2019
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 12, (detail); p. 60, pl. 6; mentioned:  p. 22, 29, 31.
	url:		https://ingallslibrary.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1090438741

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