id: 168727
accession number: 2010.433
share license status: CC0
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2010.433
updated: 2025-02-09 06:48:28.942000
Male Figure (Nkisi), late 1800s-early 1900s. Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Cabinda, or Republic of the Congo, probably Vili-style maker. Wood, cloth, resin, organic material, feathers, natural fibers, antelope horn, seashells (including cowrie shells), glass beads, metalized glass, and plant fiber; overall: 42 x 11.8 x 23 cm (16 9/16 x 4 5/8 x 9 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, René and Odette Delenne Collection, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund 2010.433
title: Male Figure (Nkisi)
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creation date: late 1800s-early 1900s
creation date earliest: 1880
creation date latest: 1920
current location: 108A Sub-Saharan
creditline: René and Odette Delenne Collection, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
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culture: Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Cabinda, or Republic of the Congo, probably Vili-style maker
technique: Wood, cloth, resin, organic material, feathers, natural fibers, antelope horn, seashells (including cowrie shells), glass beads, metalized glass, and plant fiber
department: African Art
collection: African Art
type: Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 42 x 11.8 x 23 cm (16 9/16 x 4 5/8 x 9 1/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Fragments of the Invisible: The René and Odette Delenne Collection of Congo Sculpture
opening date: 2013-10-27T00:00:00
Fragments of the Invisible: The René and Odette Delenne Collection of Congo Sculpture. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 27, 2013-February 9, 2014).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
Jef Vanderstraete, Lasne, Belgium, sold to René and Odette Delenne.
date: before 1960
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René [1901-1998] and Odette Delenne [1925-2012], Brussels, Belgium, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
date: 1960–2010
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 2010–
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine. Vol. 53 no. 05, September/October 2013
page number: Mentioned & reproduced: p. 12
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2013-05/page/12
Petridis, Constantine, et al. Fragments of the Invisible: The René and Odette Delenne Collection of Congo Sculpture. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art. Milan: 5 Continents Editions, 2013, 52-53.
page number: Mentioned: pp. 23, 46, 113; reproduced: pp. 52-53, cat. 13
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