id:			168746
accession number:	2010.450
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2010.450
updated:		2025-02-09 06:48:40.263000

Mask (hemba), late 1800s–early 1900s. Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Suku-style carver. Wood, reed, paint, and metal; overall: 50 x 25 x 27.2 cm (19 11/16 x 9 13/16 x 10 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, René and Odette Delenne Collection, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund 2010.450

title:				Mask (hemba)
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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, Suku-style carver
technique:	Wood, reed, paint, and metal
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Mask
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measurements: Overall: 50 x 25 x 27.2 cm (19 11/16 x 9 13/16 x 10 11/16 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
	<i>Fragments of the Invisible: The René and Odette Delenne Collection of Congo Sculpture</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 27, 2013-February 9, 2014).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Société des Expositions du Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium (March 25 – June 5, 1988)', 'opening_date': '1988-06-05T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	C. Prévost [?-1994], before 1965-1968, sold to Marcel Dumoulin
	date: ?-1968
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	Marcel Dumoulin, Brussels, Belgium, 1965-1968, sold to René and Odette Delenne
	date: ?-1968
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	René [1901-1998] and Odette Delenne [1925-2012], Brussels, Belgium, 2010, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1968-2010
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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>, 99. Exh. Cat. Brussels: Société des Expositions du Palais des Beaux-Arts, March 25-June 5, 1988.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 99, cat. XXXI
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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. 7
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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. 3
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2013-05/page/n1

	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, 19, 24, 29, 44, 120.
	page number: 	Reproduced: pp. 63, 120; mentioned: p. 113-114, cat. 23
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	"In Case You Missed It: Fragments of the Invisible." The International Review of African American Art 25, no. 1 (2014): 10-11.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 10.
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