id:			168747
accession number:	2010.451
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2010.451
updated:		2024-03-26 02:01:24.552000

Male Figure (nkishi), late 1800s–early 1900s. Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Songye-style carver and nganga (priest). Wood, glass beads, brass (including upholstery studs), copper alloy, iron alloy, raffia, reedbuck antelope horn, rawhide, animal hair, human teeth, organic material, minerals, and plant fibers; overall: 64 x 24.5 x 24 cm (25 3/16 x 9 5/8 x 9 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, René and Odette Delenne Collection, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 2010.451

title:				Male Figure (nkishi)
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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
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culture:	Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Songye-style carver and nganga (priest)
technique:	Wood, glass beads, brass (including upholstery studs), copper alloy, iron alloy, raffia, reedbuck antelope horn, rawhide, animal hair, human teeth, organic material, minerals, and plant fibers
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 64 x 24.5 x 24 cm (25 3/16 x 9 5/8 x 9 7/16 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:		Second Careers: Two Tributaries in African Art
	opening date:   2020-11-01T04:00:00
	<i>Second Careers: Two Tributaries in African Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 1, 2020-March 14, 2021).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Galerie Moderne, Brussels, Belgium, sold to René and Odette Delenne)
	date: 1958
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	René [1901-1998] and Odette [1925-2012] Delenne, Brussels, Belgium
	date: 1958-2010
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	René and Odette Delenne, Brussels, Belgium, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 2010
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2010-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Petridis, Constantine. "René and Odette Delenne." In <em>Tribal Art</em> XV-4, no. 61 (Autumn 2011): 123.
	page number: 	Reproduced: fig. 9
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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, cover, 26, 66, 68-75, 104.
	page number: 	Reproduced: cover, pp.69-71, 74-75; mentioned: pp. 23, 27, 66-73, 108, 114, cat. 24, figs. 36-41
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	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 35
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	"In Case You Missed It: Fragments of the Invisible." The International Review of African American Art 25, no. 1 (2014): p. 10-11.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 11.
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	Neyt, Francois. <em>Songye: The Formidable Statuary of Central Africa</em>. Munich/Berlin/London/New York: Prestel Verlag, 2009, 172-173, 290.
	page number: 	Reproduced: pp. 172-173, no. 133, p. 290, detail; mentioned: pp. 326, 388
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	Nzewi, Ugochukwu-Smooth C. <em>Second Careers : Two Tributaries in African Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2019
	page number: 	Reproduced:  Cover, left (detail); p. 4; p. 59, fig. 5; mentioned:  p. 22, 26, 29.
	url:		https://ingallslibrary.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1090438741

	Nzewi, Ugochukwu-Smooth,  "Second Careers: Repurposed objects reflect the conceptual strategies connecting historical and contemporary African art.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine </em>60, no. 4 (Fall 2020): 8-9.
	page number: 	Reproduced and Mentioned: P. 8.
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