id: 163544 accession number: 2004.85.a share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2004.85.a updated: 2024-03-28 11:02:00.483000 Staff of Office (upper segment), early to mid-1800s. Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Luba-style maker. Wood; overall: 170 cm (66 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 2004.85.a title: Staff of Office (upper segment) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: early to mid-1800s creation date earliest: 1800 creation date latest: 1850 current location: 001A ArtLens Exhibition creditline: John L. Severance Fund copyright: --- culture: Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Luba-style maker technique: Wood department: African Art collection: African Art type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 170 cm (66 15/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Art and Power in the Central African Savanna opening date: 2008-09-18T00:00:00 Art and Power in the Central African Savanna. Menil Collection, Houston, TX (September 26, 2008-January 4, 2009); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 1-May 31, 2009); Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA (June 20-October 11, 2009). title: Artlens Exhibition 2019 opening date: 2019-06-11T04:00:00 Artlens Exhibition 2019. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Chief Msidi (c. 1830–1891), Yeke (Garanzange) Kingdom (present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo), 1888, given to British missionary Frederick Stanley Arnot date: ?–1888 footnotes: *