id:			163793
accession number:	2005.2
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2005.2
updated:		2024-03-26 02:00:55.539000

Sculptural Element from a Reliquary Ensemble (mbulu ngulu), probably 1800s. Africa, Central Africa, Gabon, Kota-style maker. Wood, copper alloy, and iron; overall: 61 x 27.5 x 3 cm (24 x 10 13/16 x 1 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2005.2

title:				Sculptural Element from a Reliquary Ensemble (mbulu ngulu)
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creation date:			probably 1800s
creation date earliest:		1800
creation date latest:		1899
current location:		108A Sub-Saharan
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Africa, Central Africa, Gabon, Kota-style maker
technique:	Wood, copper alloy, and iron
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 61 x 27.5 x 3 cm (24 x 10 13/16 x 1 3/16 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': 'MOCA Cleveland (6/9/2006 - 8/20/2006):  "The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art", no. 34, p. 117, color repr. p. 11.', 'opening_date': '2006-06-09T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Mr. and Mrs. Willem Vranken-Hoet, Brussels, Belgium, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?–2005
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	Purchased by the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 2005–
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CITATIONS

	Sims, Lowery Stokes. <em>The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content, and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2006.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 11, no. 34
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IMAGES

web:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2005.2/2005.2_web.jpg
print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2005.2/2005.2_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2005.2/2005.2_full.tif