id:			146940
accession number:	1972.339
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1972.339
updated:		2025-04-21 17:16:11.858000

Shrine Figure for Sàngó, c. 1910. Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Yorùbá-style maker. Wood, probably bluing, and organic material; overall: 38.7 cm (15 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Katherine C. White, 1972.339

title:				Shrine Figure for Sàngó
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creation date:			c. 1910
creation date earliest:		1905
creation date latest:		1915
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creditline:			Gift of Katherine C. White
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culture:	Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Yorùbá-style maker
technique:	Wood, probably bluing, and organic material
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 38.7 cm (15 1/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1972
	opening date:   1973-02-27T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1972</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 27-March 18, 1973).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'CMA 1968: "African Tribal Images: The Katherine White Reswick Collection," cat. no. 119, repr.', 'opening_date': '1968-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA 1973: "Year in Review 1972," CMA Bulletin LX (March, 1973), p. 106, no. 23.', 'opening_date': '1973-03-01T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Ross Widen [Gallery], Cleveland
	date: ?-1967
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	Katherine White Reswick (Katherine C. White)
	date: 1967–1973
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art by gift
	date: 1973–
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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. 119.
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