id:			168427
accession number:	2010.206
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2010.206
updated:		2025-02-14 13:29:58.565000

Under apron (iinkciya), 1800s–1900s. Africa, Southern Africa, South Africa, Xhosa-style (South Nguni) maker. Leather, glass beads, and sinew; overall: 34 x 18 x 2.5 cm (13 3/8 x 7 1/16 x 1 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund 2010.206

title:				Under apron (iinkciya)
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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, Southern Africa, South Africa, Xhosa-style (South Nguni) maker
technique:	Leather, glass beads, and sinew
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Garment
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measurements: Overall: 34 x 18 x 2.5 cm (13 3/8 x 7 1/16 x 1 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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

	title:		The Language of Beauty in African Art
	opening date:   2022-04-03T04:00:00
	<i>The Language of Beauty in African Art</i>. Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX (April 3-July 31, 2022) https://kimbellart.org/exhibition/language-beauty-african-art; The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (organizer) (November 20, 2022-February 27, 2023) https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/9344/the-language-of-beauty-in-african-art.

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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. 72', 'opening_date': '2011-04-16T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Maurice Joy, London, England
	date: dates unknown
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	Kevin Conru, Brussels, Belgium
	date: 2006
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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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CITATIONS

	Conru, Kevin, Anne de Knock, and Conru Primitive Art (Firm). 2005. <em>Conru : Southeast African and Oceanic Art</em>. Brussels: Conru, p. 17 and back cover.
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	Pemberton, John, and Smith College Museum of Art. 2008. <em>African Beaded Art : Power and Adornment</em>. Northampton, Mass: Smith College Museum of Art, cat. 101.
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	Petridis, Constantijn, Karel Nel, and Cleveland Museum of Art. 2011. <em>The Art of Daily Life : Portable Objects from Southeast Africa</em>. Cleveland, Milan, New York: Cleveland Museum of Art ; 5 Continents Editions ; Distributed in U.S. by Harry N. Abrams, p. 67, fig. 4 and p. 71, fig. 13.
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	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 41
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	Rondeau, James, Constantijn Petridis, Yaëlle Biro, Herbert M. Cole, Kassim Kone, Babatunde Lawal, Wilfried Van Damme, and Susan Mullin Vogel. <em>The language of beauty in African art. </em>2022.
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