id:			156397
accession number:	1992.188
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1992.188
updated:		2025-02-09 04:49:23.130000

Female Figure, early 1900s. Africa, West Africa, Sierra Leone, Mende or Bullom style, unknown maker. Wood; overall: 81.5 x 19.8 x 12 cm (32 1/16 x 7 13/16 x 4 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Russell and Rowena Jelliffe 1992.188

title:				Female Figure
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creation date:			early 1900s
creation date earliest:		1900
creation date latest:		1925
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creditline:			Bequest of Russell and Rowena Jelliffe
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culture:	Africa, West Africa, Sierra Leone, Mende or Bullom style, unknown maker
technique:	wood
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 81.5 x 19.8 x 12 cm (32 1/16 x 7 13/16 x 4 3/4 in.)
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PROVENANCE

	purchased by Paul Travis
	date: ca. 1927–1928
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			* <div><!--block-->Memorandum from Margaret Young-Sanchez to Evan Turner. June 9, 1992. CMA archives</div>
			
			
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	Russell and Rowena Jelliffe
	date: ca. 1928–1992
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art by bequest
	date: 1992–
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CITATIONS

	Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1992.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 80, no. 2 (February 1993): 38–79.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 76
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25161388

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