id:			168425
accession number:	2010.204
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2010.204
updated:		2024-03-26 02:01:22.593000

Staff, 1800s–1900s. The Baboon Master (probably Tsonga peoples). Wood; overall: 120.7 cm (47 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 2010.204

title:				Staff
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creation date:			1800s–1900s
creation date earliest:		1800
creation date latest:		1999
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creditline:			Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
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culture:	Africa, South Africa, South Africa or Mozambique, probably Tsonga peoples
technique:	Wood
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Sculpture
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CREATORS

* The Baboon Master (probably Tsonga peoples)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 120.7 cm (47 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Art of Daily Life: Portable Objects from Southern Africa
	opening date:   2011-04-17T00:00:00
	<i>The Art of Daily Life: Portable Objects from Southern Africa</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 17, 2011-February 26, 2012).

	title:		African Master Carvers: Known and Famous
	opening date:   2017-03-26T04:00:00
	<i>African Master Carvers: Known and Famous</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 26-July 16, 2017).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Cleveland Museum of Art, (4/16/11-2/26/12); "The Art of Daily Life:  Portable Objects from Southeast Africa" cat. no. 55', 'opening_date': '2011-04-16T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'The Cleveland Museum of Art (3/26/2017-7/16/2017); “African Master Carvers: Known and Famous”.', 'opening_date': '2017-03-26T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Private collection, United Kingdom
	date: ?–2005 latest
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	(Sotheby's New York, NY, November 11, 2005, lot 161)
	date: 2005
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	(Jacaranda Tribal Art Gallery, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: 2010
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2010–
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