id:			159880
accession number:	1997.180
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1997.180
updated:		2024-08-14 11:00:59.671000

Prestige Cap (mpu ngola), late 1800s–early 1900s. Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, or Cabinda (Angola), Kongo-style maker, possibly Yombe subgroup. Raffia palm fiber (Raphia ruffia or R. vinifera) and leopard claws; overall: 42 x 19.3 x 19 cm (16 9/16 x 7 5/8 x 7 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1997.180

title:				Prestige Cap (mpu ngola)
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creation date:			late 1800s–early 1900s
creation date earliest:		1875
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, Republic of Congo, or Cabinda (Angola), Kongo-style maker, possibly Yombe subgroup
technique:	Raffia palm fiber (Raphia ruffia or R. vinifera) and leopard claws
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Garment
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measurements: Overall: 42 x 19.3 x 19 cm (16 9/16 x 7 5/8 x 7 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2006-06-09T00:00:00
	<i>The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (MOCA), Cleveland, OH (June 9-August 20, 2006).

	title:		Kongo: Power and Majesty
	opening date:   2015-09-18T00:00:00
	<i>Kongo: Power and Majesty</i>. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (organizer) (September 18, 2015-January 3, 2016).

	title:		Stories From Storage
	opening date:   2021-02-07T05:00:00
	<i>Stories From Storage</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Captain-Commandant Alfred Lens, Congo, AF, 1891-1903, field-collected.
	date: 1891-1903
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	Captain-Commandant Alfred Lens, Belgium, BE, 1995, by descent to his family.
	date: ?-1995
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	(Jacques Hautelet, La Jolla, CA, 1997, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-1997
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1997-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Petridis, Constantine<em>. South of the Sahara: Selected Works of African Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art; Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press (distributor), 2003, 17, fig. 6.
	page number: 	p. 17: fig. 6
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	Sims, Lowery Stokes. <em>The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2006, 118; color repr. p. 53, no. 46.
	page number: 	p. 118; color repr. p. 53
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	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 40
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