id: 168731
accession number: 2010.437
share license status: CC0
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2010.437
updated: 2024-03-26 02:01:24.444000
Power figure (nkisi), late 1800s-early 1900s. Africa, Central Africa, Republic of the Congo, Kongo-style maker. Wood, organic materials (including resin), and metalized glass; overall: 17 x 7 x 6.5 cm (6 11/16 x 2 3/4 x 2 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, René and Odette Delenne Collection, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 2010.437
title: Power figure (nkisi)
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creation date: late 1800s-early 1900s
creation date earliest: 1880
creation date latest: 1920
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creditline: René and Odette Delenne Collection, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
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culture: Africa, Central Africa, Republic of the Congo, Kongo-style maker
technique: Wood, organic materials (including resin), and metalized glass
department: African Art
collection: African Art
type: Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 17 x 7 x 6.5 cm (6 11/16 x 2 3/4 x 2 9/16 in.)
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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).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
(Unidentified art dealer, Nice, FR, 1961, sold to René and Odette Delenne)
date: ?-1961
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René [1901-1998] and Odette Delenne [1925-2012], Brussels, BE, 2010, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art.
date: 1961-2010
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 2010
date: 2010
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RELATED WORKS
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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, 54-58.
page number: Mentioned: pp. 54, 56, 113; reproduced: 58-59, cat. 15
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