id:			296866
accession number:	2018.34
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.34
updated:		2024-03-26 02:01:54.372000

Dance staff for Èṣù (Ògò Èlẹ́gba), 1800s. Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Yorùbá-style maker. Wood, leather, cowrie shells, seeds, and natural fiber; 62 cm (24 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 2018.34

title:				Dance staff for Èṣù (Ògò Èlẹ́gba)
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creation date:			1800s
creation date earliest:		1800
creation date latest:		1899
current location:		108C Akan & Yoruba
creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Yorùbá-style maker
technique:	Wood, leather, cowrie shells, seeds, and natural fiber
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: 62 cm (24 7/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		African art rotation
	opening date:   2019-02-20T05:00:00
	<i>African art rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 20, 2019-October 5, 2020).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': "<em>Utotombo: L'Art d'Afrique noire dans les collections privées belges.</em> Société des Expositions du Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium (March 25 - June 5, 1988)", 'opening_date': '1988-03-25T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	(Lucien Van de Velde [1910–1996], Anvers, Belgium, sold to Dr. Marc Lorre)
	date: ?–1974
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	Mrs. Marc Lorre, Antwerp, Belgium, sold to Christie’s
	date: 1974–2012
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	(Christie’s, Paris, France, December 11, 2012, no. 59, sold to a private collector)
	date: 2012
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	Private collection, Paris, France, sold to Christie’s
	date: 2018
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	(Christie’s, Paris, France, April 8, 2018, Sale 16061 Arts d'Afrique, d'Océanie et d'Amérique,  no. 58 sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: 2018
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2018–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Debbaut, Jan, Dominique Favart, and G. van Geertruyen. <em>Utotombo: l'art d'Afrique noire dans les collections privées belges</em>. Exh. Cat. Brussels: Société des Expositions du Palais des Beaux-Arts, March 25-June 5, 1988.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 163, cat. 98
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	Drewal, Henry John, John Pemberton, Rowland Abiodun, and Allen Wardwell. <em>Yoruba: Nine centuries of African art and thought. </em>New York: Center for African Art in association with H.N. Abrams, 1989.
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	Nzewi, Ugochukwu-Smooth. “Acquisitions 2018: African Art.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine </em>59, no. 2 (March/April 2019): 8-9.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 9; Mentioned: P. 8, 9.
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