id: 168728 accession number: 2010.434 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2010.434 updated: 2024-03-26 02:01:24.423000 Male Figure (Nkisi), late 1800s-early 1900s. Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo (most likely), Cabinda, or Republic of the Congo, probably Yombe-style maker. Wood, organic material (including resin), metalized glass, and cloth; overall: 17 x 5.3 x 7 cm (6 11/16 x 2 1/16 x 2 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, René and Odette Delenne Collection, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 2010.434 title: Male Figure (Nkisi) title in original language: series: series in original language: 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 copyright: --- culture: Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo (most likely), Cabinda, or Republic of the Congo, probably Yombe-style maker technique: Wood, organic material (including resin), metalized glass, and cloth department: African Art collection: African Art type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 17 x 5.3 x 7 cm (6 11/16 x 2 1/16 x 2 3/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Fragments of the Invisible: The Rene and Odette Delenne Collection of Congo Sculpture opening date: 2013-10-27T00:00:00 Fragments of the Invisible: The Rene and Odette Delenne Collection of Congo Sculpture. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 27, 2013-February 9, 2014). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE (René De Wolf, Brussels, BE, sold to René and Odette Delenne) date: ?–1972 footnotes: citations: René [1901-1998] and Odette Delenne [1925-2012], Brussels, BE, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: 1972–2010 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 2010– footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS 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, 50. page number: Mentioned: pp. 23, 46-47, 113; reproduced: p. 50, cat. 10 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2010.434/2010.434_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2010.434/2010.434_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2010.434/2010.434_full.tif