id:			147489
accession number:	1973.221
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1973.221
updated:		2025-03-15 11:04:46.852000

Hen, 1900s. Nigeria, Benin Kingdom, Ẹdo peoples, member(s) of the Igbesanmwan (wood and ivory carvers) guild. Wood; overall: 47.6 cm (18 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Katherine C. White 1973.221

title:				Hen
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creation date:			1900s
creation date earliest:		1900
creation date latest:		1925
current location:		108A Sub-Saharan
creditline:			Gift of Katherine C. White
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culture:	Nigeria, Benin Kingdom, Ẹdo peoples, member(s) of the Igbesanmwan (wood and ivory carvers) guild
technique:	wood
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 47.6 cm (18 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1973
	opening date:   1974-01-30T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1973</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 30-March 17, 1974).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>African Tribal Images: The Katherine White Reswick Collection</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 10 – September 1, 1968)', 'opening_date': '1968-09-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '<em>Icon and symbol : The cult of the ancestor in African art</em>. Cranbrook Academy of Art/Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI (May 30–July 20, 1975)', 'opening_date': '1975-07-20T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Commissioned from the Igbesanmwan, Benin Kingdom
	date: 1900s
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	(Robert L. Stolper gallery, New York City)
	date: no earlier than 1961
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	Katherine C. White [1929-1980], Gates Mills, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: by at least 1962
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			* <div><!--block-->• Photo negative in curatorial file with reference date 1/1/1962&nbsp;<br>• Published in African Tribal Images (CMA 1968) as cat. No. 150</div>
			
			
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1973–
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			* <ul><li><!--block-->Acquired as gift at December 28, 1973 meeting&nbsp;</li><li><!--block-->Acquisition publicized in CMA Bulletin Feb 1974 “Year in Review 1973” (cat. #13, repr. p. 71)</li></ul>
			
			
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	"The Year in Review for 1968." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, </em>61, no. 2 (February 1974): 31-78.
	page number: 	Reproduced:  p. 71, cat. 13; mentioned: p. 73, cat. 13
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25152513

	Fagg, William. <em>African Tribal Images; the Katherine White Reswick Collection</em>. [Cleveland]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1968, no. 150.
	page number: 	Reproduced:  cat. 150
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	Broudy, Elizabeth, Elizabeth Youngblood. <em>Icon and Symbol : The Cult of the Ancestor in African Art</em>. Bloomfield Hills, MI: Cranbrook Academy of Art/Museum, 1975
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	Windmuller-Luna, Kristen. “Art from the Benin Kingdom.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine </em>61, no. 1 (Winter 2021): 34-35.
	page number: 	Reproduced and Mentioned: P. 34-35.
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	<em>Digital Benin, </em>Markk Museum Am Rothenbaum Kulturen und Kunste der Welt<em>, (</em>Last Updated: 2021-02-13)
	page number: 	ID 147489
	url:		https://digitalbenin.org/catalogue/8_147489

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