id:			168751
accession number:	2010.454.a
share license status:	CC0
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Female Bowl-Bearing Figure, late 1800s-early 1900s. Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Luba-style carver. Wood, glass beads, upholstery studs, plant fiber, and iron; overall: 40.8 x 16.1 x 27.3 cm (16 1/16 x 6 5/16 x 10 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, René and Odette Delenne Collection, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 2010.454.a

title:				Female Bowl-Bearing Figure
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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, Luba-style carver
technique:	Wood, glass beads, upholstery studs, plant fiber, and iron
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Sculpture
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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 40.8 x 16.1 x 27.3 cm (16 1/16 x 6 5/16 x 10 3/4 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).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Frans M. Olbrechts (1899-1958): In Search of Art in Africa.</em> Ethnographic Museum, Antwerp, BE (December 7, 2001-March 31, 2002)', 'opening_date': '2001-12-07T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '<em>Tentoonstelling van Kongo-Kunst.</em> Stad Stedelijke Feestzaal, Antwerp, BE (December 24, 1937-January 16, 1938)', 'opening_date': '1937-12-24T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Gaston Heenen [1880-1963], Brussels, BE, 1939, sold to Hendrik Elias.
	date: ?-1939
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	(Hendrik Elias [b. 1925], Galerie Elmar, Wieze, BE, 1968, sold to René and Odette Delenne)
	date: 1939-1968
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	René [1901-1998] and Odette Delenne [1925-2012], Brussels, BE, 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

	Antwerpen, Stad Stedelijke Feestzaal, and Antwerpsche Propagandaweken. <em>Tentoonstelling van Kongo-Kunst,</em> cat. 669. Exh. Cat. Antwerp: Antwerpsche Propagandaweken, December 24, 1937-January 16, 1938.
	page number: 	Mentioned: cat. 669.
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	Olbrechts, Frans M. <em>Plastiek van Kongo.</em> Antwerp/Brussels/Ghent/Leuven: Standaards-Boekhandel, 1946.
	page number: 	Reproduced: pl. 108
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	Olbrechets, Frans M., Constantine Petridis, and Daniel P. Biebuyck. <em>Frans M. Olbrechts (1899-1958): In Search of Art in Africa</em>, cat. 53. Exh. Cat. Antwerp: Ethnographic Museum, December 7, 2001-March 31, 2002.
	page number: 	Reproduced and mentioned: [p. 165] cat. 53
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	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, 30, 79, 82-83, 108.
	page number: 	Mentioned: pp. 30, 79-80, 108, 114 ; reproduced: p. 82-83, cat. 26
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	Petridis, Constantine. "Inscriptions: Establishing a Pre-1937 Acquisition Date for 1,525 Central African Sculptures." <em>Tribal: The Magazine of Tribal Art</em> XXIV: 4, no. 85 (Autumn, 2017): 127, 130-131.
	page number: 	p. 127, p. 130 color repr., p. 131 sketch
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	Petridis, Constantine. "René and Odette Delenne." In <em>Tribal Art</em> XV-4, no. 61 (Autumn 2011): 119.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 119, fig. 4; mentioned: p. 122
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