id:			456948
accession number:	2022.49.b
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2022.49.b
updated:		2024-03-26 02:02:20.685000

Royal ceremonial beadwork: breast cover (incebetha), 1800s. Africa, Southern Africa, South Africa, Southeast Cape Region, Unknown female Xhosa-style maker(s). Glass beads, hide, and sinew; overall: 94 x 29.8 cm (37 x 11 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Trust 2022.49.b

title:				Royal ceremonial beadwork: breast cover (incebetha)
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creation date:			1800s
creation date earliest:		1800
creation date latest:		1899
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creditline:			Severance and Greta Millikin Trust
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culture:	Africa, Southern Africa, South Africa, Southeast Cape Region, Unknown female Xhosa-style maker(s)
technique:	Glass beads, hide, and sinew
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Textile
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measurements: Overall: 94 x 29.8 cm (37 x 11 3/4 in.)
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Peter Miller collection, Cape Town, SA (sold via Ashbey’s Galleries, Cape Town, late 1985 or early 1986)
	date: ?–late 1985 or early 1986
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	Lionel Finneran and Marion Philips collection, Cape Town, SA/New York 1986–1990
	date: 1986–1990
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	Philips Collection (by divorce), New York, NY 1990–1997
	date: 1990–1997
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	(Axis Gallery NY/NJ, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: 1997–2022
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2022–
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