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        "tombstone": "Figure (bimbi), before 1935. Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Bembe carver. Wood and porcelain; overall: 20.3 cm (8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Katherine C. White, 1975.164",
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        "title": "Figure (bimbi)",
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        "department": "African Art",
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        "measurements": "Overall: 20.3 cm (8 in.)",
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                    "description": "CMA 1968: \"African Tribal Images: The Katherine White Reswick Collection,\" cat. no. 218, repr.",
                    "opening_date": "1968-01-01T00:00:00"
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                    "description": "CMA 1976: \"Year in Review 1975,\" CMA Bulletin LXIII (Feb., 1976), p. 65, no. 23.",
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                "description": "Katherine C. White (Reswick)",
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                "date": "?-1976",
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                "description": "Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH by gift",
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                "date": "1976-present",
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        "description": "Small sacred sculptures among the Bembe serve as symbols of spiritual protection for their owners. Substances are inserted into an anal orifice, covered with sacred white clay known as mukuya, and then consecrated by a priest-diviner (nganga). The beauty of the figure's strong, finely rendered features and intricate body marks enhance the owner's religious experience.",
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            ],
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            {
                "citation": "Fagg, William, and Cleveland Museum of Art. 1968. <em>African Tribal Images; the Katherine White Reswick Collection</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, no. 218.",
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            },
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                "citation": "Lee, Sherman E. \u201cThe Year in Review for 1975.\u201d <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 63, no. 2 (February 1976): 31\u201371.",
                "page_number": "Mentioned: p. 65, no. 23",
                "url": "http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152624"
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        "creditline": "Gift of Katherine C. White",
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        "updated_at": "2026-05-01 06:50:51.021000"
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