id:			148158
accession number:	1975.157
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1975.157
updated:		2025-03-05 12:07:41.084000

Head, 1650–1700. Africa, West Africa, Ghana, Akan-style artist. Terracotta; overall: 12.7 cm (5 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Katherine C. White, 1975.157

title:				Head
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creation date:			1650–1700
creation date earliest:		1650
creation date latest:		1700
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creditline:			Gift of Katherine C. White
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culture:	Africa, West Africa, Ghana, Akan-style artist
technique:	terracotta
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 12.7 cm (5 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'CMA 1968: "African Tribal Images: The Katherine White Reswick Collection," cat. no. 98, repr.', 'opening_date': '1968-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA 1976: "Year in Review 1975," CMA Bulletin LXIII (Feb., 1976), p. 66, no. 27', 'opening_date': '1976-02-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Kent, OH, Kent State University Art Gallery, 1993: Leadership Arts of West Africa, September 15-October 15, 1993.', 'opening_date': '1993-09-15T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Katherine C. White
	date: at least 1968–1975
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			* <div><!--block-->This work appeared in the 1968 exhibition <em>African Tribal Images: The Katherine White Reswick Collection</em> as cat. no. 98</div>
			
			
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art by gift
	date: 1975–
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CITATIONS

	Fagg, William. <em>African Tribal Images; the Katherine White Reswick Collection</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1968.
	page number: 	No. 98.
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