id:			160751
accession number:	1998.85
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1998.85
updated:		2024-03-26 02:00:38.386000

Rattle Staff (ukhuhre), 1900s. Nigeria, Benin Kingdom, Ẹdo peoples, member(s) of the Igbesanmwan (wood and ivory carvers) guild. Wood, paint, cowrie shells, and plant fiber; overall: 149.5 x 7.5 x 8 cm (58 7/8 x 2 15/16 x 3 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Phyllis Sloane in memory of Rose White 1998.85

title:				Rattle Staff (ukhuhre)
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creation date:			1900s
creation date earliest:		1900
creation date latest:		1998
current location:		108A Sub-Saharan
creditline:			Gift of Phyllis Sloane in memory of Rose White
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culture:	Nigeria, Benin Kingdom, Ẹdo peoples, member(s) of the Igbesanmwan (wood and ivory carvers) guild
technique:	Wood, paint, cowrie shells, and plant fiber
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 149.5 x 7.5 x 8 cm (58 7/8 x 2 15/16 x 3 1/8 in.)
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PROVENANCE

	Commissioned from the Igbesanmwan, Benin Kingdom
	date: 1900s
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	Odyssey, Ltd. Exotic Arts [Sam Hilu]
	date: ?-1969
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			* <div><!--block-->As per Ginna Sloane 5-31-2022, P. Sloane slide depicting object with captions "Benin Staff" 53" (front) and Odyssey 2/22/69 (back)</div>
			
			
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	By purchase (?) Ms. Phyllis Lester Sloane [1921-2009], Shaker Heights, OH
	date: 1969–1998
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			* <div><!--block-->As per Ginna Sloane 5-31-2022, P. Sloane slide depicting object with captions "Benin Staff" 53" (front) and Odyssey 2/22/69 (back)</div>
			
			
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	By gift to the The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1998–
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CITATIONS

	Windmuller-Luna, Kristen. “Art from the Benin Kingdom.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine </em>61, no. 1 (Winter 2021): 34-35.
	page number: 	Reproduced and Mentioned: P. 34.
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	<em>Digital Benin, </em>Markk Museum Am Rothenbaum Kulturen und Kunste der Welt<em>, (</em>Last Updated: 2021-02-13)
	page number: 	ID 160751
	url:		https://digitalbenin.org/catalogue/8_160751

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