id:			172586
accession number:	2015.72
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2015.72
updated:		2025-05-06 12:06:31.378000

Shrine Figure (Ikenga), possibly early 1900s. Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Igbo carver. Wood, organic materials, and raffia; overall: 74.5 x 18 x 20 cm (29 5/16 x 7 1/16 x 7 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 2015.72

title:				Shrine Figure (Ikenga)
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creation date:			possibly early 1900s
creation date earliest:		1900
creation date latest:		1925
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creditline:			Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
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culture:	Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Igbo carver
technique:	Wood, organic materials, and raffia
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 74.5 x 18 x 20 cm (29 5/16 x 7 1/16 x 7 7/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Language of Beauty in African Art
	opening date:   2022-04-03T04:00:00
	<i>The Language of Beauty in African Art</i>. Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX (April 3-July 31, 2022) https://kimbellart.org/exhibition/language-beauty-african-art; The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (organizer) (November 20, 2022-February 27, 2023) https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/9344/the-language-of-beauty-in-african-art.

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Kunsthaus Zurich, 1970-71: Elsy Leuzinger, "Die Kunst von Schwarz-Afrika"', 'opening_date': '1970-01-01T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Jacques Kerchache, Paris, France (probably by field-collection in Nigeria (Biafra), at the end of the Nigerian Civil War, in 1968 or 1969)
	date: 1968, 1969, or 1970-2001
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	Anne Kerchache, Paris, France by inheritance
	date: 2001-2010
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	(Pierre Bergé & Associés, Paris, France, “Collection Anne et Jacques Kerchache” Lot 132 - sold June 13, 2010)
	date: 2010
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	Steven Morris, New York/Michigan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 2010-2016
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2016-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Kunsthaus Zürich, and Elsy Leuzinger. 1970. <em>Die Kunst Von Schwarz-Afrika : [Ausstellung: Kunsthaus Zürich] 31. Oktober 1970-17. Januar 1971</em>. Recklinghausen: Verlag Aurel Bongers, fig. M9.
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	Jacques Kerchache et al., L'art africain (Paris: Citadelles &amp; Mazenod, 1988), fig. 930
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	Pierre Bergé &amp; associés, Paris (auction house), Collection Anne &amp; Jacques Kerchache, 13 June 2010, lot 322
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	Meier, Prita, Raymond Aaron Silverman, Andrew W Gurstelle, and University of Michigan Museum of Art. 2012. <em>African Art and the Shape of Time</em>. Ann Arbor: Regents of the University of Michigan, pl. 9.
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	Herbert M. Cole, Igbo (Milan: 5 Continents Editions, 2013), pl. 9
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	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Museum Masters: 2016-17 Companion Guide.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2016.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 81
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	Petridis, Constantine. "Acquisitions 2015: African Art.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em> vol. 56, no. 2 (March/April 2016): 31.
	page number: 	Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 31.
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2016-02

	Cole, Herbert M. <em>Igbo</em>. Milan : 5 Continents Editions, 2013.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 24, p. 26; reproduced: p. 131, pl. 9
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	Rondeau, James, Constantijn Petridis, Yaëlle Biro, Herbert M. Cole, Kassim Kone, Babatunde Lawal, Wilfried Van Damme, and Susan Mullin Vogel. <em>The language of beauty in African art. </em>2022.
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	"The Language of Beauty in African Art."<em> Kimbell Art Museum Members' Guide</em> (March–September 2022): 2-7.
	page number: 	Reproduced:  P. 5
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IMAGES

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