id:			157555
accession number:	1994.87
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1994.87
updated:		2024-03-26 02:00:20.081000

Royal Belt (yet), possibly early 1900s. Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kuba Kingdom, Kuba-style maker. Plant fiber, rawhide or leather, glass beads, seashells, cowrie shells, cloth, and colorant; overall: 139.5 cm (54 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1994.87

title:				Royal Belt (yet)
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creation date:			possibly early 1900s
creation date earliest:		1900
creation date latest:		1925
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kuba Kingdom, Kuba-style maker
technique:	Plant fiber, rawhide or leather, glass beads, seashells, cowrie shells, cloth, and colorant
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Garment
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measurements: Overall: 139.5 cm (54 15/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Object in Focus: African Beaded Belt
	opening date:   1998-04-30T00:00:00
	<i>Object in Focus: African Beaded Belt</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 30-June 7, 1998).

	title:		Second Careers: Two Tributaries in African Art
	opening date:   2020-11-01T04:00:00
	<i>Second Careers: Two Tributaries in African Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 1, 2020-March 14, 2021).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Main Gallery Rotation (gallery 108): May 11, 2010 - October 20, 2014.', 'opening_date': '2010-05-11T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Jacques Hautelet, La Jolla, CA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1994
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1994-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, “Recent Acquisitions to the Cleveland Museum of Art Collection,” August 26, 1994, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
	page number: 	
	url:		https://archive.org/details/cmapr3900/page/n1

	Petridis, Constantijn. <em>South of the Sahara: selected works of African art. </em>Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2003.
	page number: 	Reproduced: cat. 36, p. 102 - 103
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	Nzewi, Ugochukwu-Smooth C. <em>Second Careers : Two Tributaries in African Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2019
	page number: 	Mentioned:  p. 22, 32; reproduced: p. 62, pl. 8.
	url:		https://ingallslibrary.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1090438741

	Nzewi, Ugochukwu-Smooth C. <em>Second Careers : Two Tributaries in African Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2019
	page number: 	Mentioned:  p. 22, 32; reproduced: p. 62, pl. 8.
	url:		https://ingallslibrary.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1090438741

	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em>. Vol. 38 no. 05, May 1998
	page number: 	Mentioned & reproduced: p. 2
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMM1998-05/page/n1

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