id:			160469
accession number:	1998.29
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1998.29
updated:		2024-03-26 02:00:36.806000

Hat (Kalyeem), possibly early 1900s. Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kuba-style maker. Raffia, glass beads, cowrie shells, cloth (including wool), thread, and copper alloy; overall: 29 x 23 x 23 cm (11 7/16 x 9 1/16 x 9 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1998.29

title:				Hat (Kalyeem)
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creation date:			possibly early 1900s
creation date earliest:		1900
creation date latest:		1925
current location:		108A Sub-Saharan
creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kuba-style maker
technique:	Raffia, glass beads, cowrie shells, cloth (including wool), thread, and copper alloy
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Garment
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measurements: Overall: 29 x 23 x 23 cm (11 7/16 x 9 1/16 x 9 1/16 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).

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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, Cleveland, OH)
	date: ?-1998
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1998-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, “Painting by 18th-century Italian Master Gaetano Gandolfi among Works Added to CMA Collection,” March 24, 1998, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/cmapr4108

	Sims, Lowery Stokes. The persistence of geometry: form, content, and culture in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2006.
	page number: 	p. 118, color repr. p. 36 & 53
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IMAGES

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full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1998.29/1998.29_full.tif