id:			147840
accession number:	1974.201
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1974.201
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:35.932000

Figure (kiteki), late 1800s–mid-1900s. Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Yaka-style carver. Wood, lizard skin, leopard tooth, pods, cloth, and natural fiber; overall: 23 cm (9 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Katherine C. White 1974.201

title:				Figure (kiteki)
title in original language:	
series:				
series in original language:	
creation date:			late 1800s–mid-1900s
creation date earliest:		1880
creation date latest:		1950
current location:		108A Sub-Saharan
creditline:			Gift of Katherine C. White
copyright:			

---

culture:	Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Yaka-style carver
technique:	Wood, lizard skin, leopard tooth, pods, cloth, and natural fiber
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Sculpture
find spot:	
catalogue raisonne: 

---

CREATORS

---

measurements: Overall: 23 cm (9 1/16 in.)
state of the work:	
edition of the work: 	

support materials:


inscriptions:

---

CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

---

LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'CMA 1968: "African Tribal Images: The Katherine White Reswick Collection," cat. no. 232, repr.', 'opening_date': '1968-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA 1975: "Year in Review 1974," CMA Bulletin LXII (March, 1975), p. 97, no. 23, repr. p. 96.', 'opening_date': '1975-03-01T00:00:00'}

---

PROVENANCE

	Katherine C. White [1929-1980], Gates Mills, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1965–1974
	footnotes: 	
	citations: 	


	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1974–
	footnotes: 	
	citations: 	


	Harry Franklin, Los Angeles, CA
	date: by at least 1965
	footnotes: 	
			
			* <ul><li><!--block-->Memorandum from William D. Wixom to Ursula Korneitchouk and Del Gutridge. 12/13/74. CMA Archives</li></ul><div><!--block--><br></div>
			
			
	citations: 	


---

fun fact:


digital description:


wall description:

---

RELATED WORKS

---

CITATIONS

	Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1974.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 62, no. 3 (March 1975): 62–102.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 96; Mentioned: p. 97, no. 23
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152580

	Petridis, Constantijn. <em>South of the Sahara: selected works of African art. </em>Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2003.
	page number: 	Reproduced: cat. 40, p. 110 - 111
	url:		

---

IMAGES

web:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1974.201/1974.201_web.jpg
print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1974.201/1974.201_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1974.201/1974.201_full.tif