id: 168746
accession number: 2010.450
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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 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
* {'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. 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, 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 Tribal Art XV-4, no. 61 (Autumn 2011): 121.
page number: Reproduced: p. 121, fig. 7
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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. 3
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2013-05/page/n1
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, 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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