id:			168429
accession number:	2010.208
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2010.208
updated:		2024-03-26 02:01:22.619000

Figure (kgöngwana-tshingwana/Ngwana sehô), 1800s–1900s. Southern Africa, Lesotho, Southern Sotho-style maker. Wood, glass beads, cloth, thread, and copper alloy; overall: 25.4 cm (10 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 2010.208

title:				Figure (kgöngwana-tshingwana/Ngwana sehô)
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creation date:			1800s–1900s
creation date earliest:		1800
creation date latest:		1999
current location:		108B Southern African
creditline:			Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
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culture:	Southern Africa, Lesotho, Southern Sotho-style maker
technique:	Wood, glass beads, cloth, thread, and copper alloy
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 25.4 cm (10 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).

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

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PROVENANCE

	Jonathan Lowen, London
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	Bowmint Collection [Nicolas Maritz], Pretoria, South Africa
	date: 2009
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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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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Riep, David M. M. 2014. "Hot Women!: South Sotho Female Arts in Context". African Arts. 47, no. 3: 24-39.
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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. 39
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	Cole, Herbert M. <em>Maternity: Mothers and Children in the Arts of Africa</em>. <br> Brussels : Mercatorfonds, 2017
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 123, fig. 105; mentioned: p. 124
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