id:			168742
accession number:	2010.447
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2010.447
updated:		2024-03-26 02:01:24.518000

Scepter, late 1800s–early 1900s. Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo (most likely), Cabinda, or Republic of Congo, probably Kongo-style (Yombe sub-group) carver. Ivory; overall: 28 x 2.5 x 4 cm (11 x 1 x 1 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, René and Odette Delenne Collection, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 2010.447

title:				Scepter
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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, Democratic Republic of Congo (most likely), Cabinda, or Republic of Congo, probably Kongo-style (Yombe sub-group) carver
technique:	ivory
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Implements
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measurements: Overall: 28 x 2.5 x 4 cm (11 x 1 x 1 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
	<i>Fragments of the Invisible: The Rene and Odette Delenne Collection of Congo Sculpture</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 27, 2013-February 9, 2014).

	title:		African Master Carvers: Known and Famous
	opening date:   2017-03-26T04:00:00
	<i>African Master Carvers: Known and Famous</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 26-July 16, 2017).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Société des Expositions du Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, BE (March 25-June 5, 1988)', 'opening_date': '1988-03-25T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	(René De Wolf, Brussels, BE, before 1972, sold to René and Odette Delenne)
	date: ?-1972
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	René [1901-1998] and Odette Delenne [1925-2012], Brussels, BE, 2010, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1972-2010
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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

	Bastin, Marie-Louise, et al. <em>Utotombo. L'Art d'Afrique noire dans les collections privées belges: Société des Expositions du Palais des Beaux-Arts, Bruxelles, 25 mars-5 juin 1988</em>, 205. Exh. Cat. Brussels: Société des Expositions du Palais des Beaux-Arts, March 25-June 5, 1988.
	page number: 	Reproduced and mentioned: p. 205, cat. 163
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	Lehuard, Raoul<em>. Art Bakongo. Insigne de pouvorir. Le scepter</em> 4. Arnouville, FR: Arts d'Afrique Noire, 1998, 962-963.
	page number: 	Reproduced and mentioned: pp. 962-963, no. M3
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	Petridis, Constantine. "René and Odette Delenne." In <em>Tribal Art </em>XV-4, no. 61 (Autumn 2011): 121.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 121, fig. 6
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	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em>. 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. <em>Fragments of the Invisible: The René and Odette Delenne Collection of Congo Sculpture.</em> Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art. Milan: 5 Continents Editions, 2013, 24, 41,45, 112.
	page number: 	Mentioned: pp. 24, 112-113; reproduced: p. 45, cat. 9
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