id:			148166
accession number:	1975.164
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1975.164
updated:		2025-02-09 03:48:40.376000

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

title:				Figure (bimbi)
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creation date:			before 1935
creation date earliest:		1925
creation date latest:		1935
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creditline:			Gift of Katherine C. White
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culture:	Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Bembe carver
technique:	Wood and porcelain
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 20.3 cm (8 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. 218, repr.', 'opening_date': '1968-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA 1976: "Year in Review 1975," CMA Bulletin LXIII (Feb., 1976), p. 65, no. 23.', 'opening_date': '1976-02-01T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Katherine C. White (Reswick)
	date: ?-1976
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	Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH by gift
	date: 1976-present
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RELATED WORKS

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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. 218.
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	Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1975.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 63, no. 2 (February 1976): 31–71.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 65, no. 23
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152624

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