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"tombstone": "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",
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"title": "Royal Belt (yet)",
"creation_date": "possibly early 1900s",
"creation_date_earliest": 1900,
"creation_date_latest": 1925,
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"culture": [
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"technique": "Plant fiber, rawhide or leather, glass beads, seashells, cowrie shells, cloth, and colorant",
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"department": "African Art",
"collection": "African Art",
"type": "Garment",
"measurements": "Overall: 139.5 cm (54 15/16 in.)",
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"length_inch": 54,
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"current": [
{
"id": 191823,
"title": "Object in Focus: African Beaded Belt",
"description": "Object in Focus: African Beaded Belt. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 30-June 7, 1998).",
"opening_date": "1998-04-30T00:00:00"
},
{
"id": 316953,
"title": "Second Careers: Two Tributaries in African Art",
"description": "Second Careers: Two Tributaries in African Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 1, 2020-March 14, 2021).",
"opening_date": "2020-11-01T04:00:00"
}
],
"legacy": [
{
"description": "Main Gallery Rotation (gallery 108): May 11, 2010 - October 20, 2014.",
"opening_date": "2010-05-11T00:00:00"
}
]
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"provenance": [
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"description": "Jacques Hautelet, La Jolla, CA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art",
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"date": "1994",
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"did_you_know": "Cowry shells, a type of currency used in the Kuba Kingdom in Central Africa, decorate this belt made for a king. The intricate patterns and colors of the beads indicate the high status of the wearer as well as the wealth of his kingdom.",
"early_education_description": null,
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"description": "Attributed to Kuba peoples of southeast Democratic Republic of Congo, this prestige belt boasts superb craftsmanship. The accumulation of a variety of materials indicates the high status of its wearer. It is made from leather strips and finely accessorized with a combination of intricately patterned bead designs, cowries, seashells, and bells. It would have been worn over a large raffia skirt by a man during ceremonial occasions. It was acquired from the Belgian dealer Jacques Hautelet in 1994.",
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"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q79974025"
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"citation": "Young-S\u00e1nchez, Margaret. \"The Cleveland Museum of Art.\" African Arts 30, no. 1 (1997): 66-71, repr. p. 66.",
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},
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"citation": "Cleveland Museum of Art, \u201cRecent Acquisitions to the Cleveland Museum of Art Collection,\u201d August 26, 1994, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.",
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"url": "https://archive.org/details/cmapr3900/page/n1"
},
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"citation": "Petridis, Constantijn. South of the Sahara: selected works of African art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2003.",
"page_number": "Reproduced: cat. 36, p. 102 - 103",
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},
{
"citation": "Nzewi, Ugochukwu-Smooth C. Second Careers : Two Tributaries in African Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2019",
"page_number": "Mentioned: p. 22, 32; reproduced: p. 62, pl. 8.",
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},
{
"citation": "Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine. 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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"updated_at": "2026-05-29 08:11:48.018000"
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