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Female Figure

late 1800s-early 1900s

Africa, West Africa, Côte d'Ivoire, possibly Bondoukou region, unknown maker

Wood, paint, glass beads, and natural fiber

Overall: 54.1 x 7.8 x 7.5 cm (21 5/16 x 3 1/16 x 2 15/16 in.)

Gift of Katherine C. White 1972.343

Location

108C Akan & Yoruba

Description

An artistic melting pot, the Bondoukou region in northeastern Côte d’Ivoire near the border with Ghana is inhabited by several ethnic groups whose cultures and artistic styles often intermingle. This figure’s rounded shapes and delicate surface decoration––which seem to imitate body scarifications––closely resemble the style of Baule carvings. The figure’s meaning and function remain a mystery.

Provenance

Henri Kamer

?—1972

Katherine C. White [1929-1980], Gates Mills, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art

1972–

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations

Fagg, William. African Tribal Images; the Katherine White Reswick Collection. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1968. No. 91.

“New Acquisitions.” African Arts 6, no. 4 (Summer 1973), p. 84-85. Repr. p. 85. www.jstor.org

Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1972.” The Bulletin of The Cleveland Museum of Art 60, no. 3 (March 1973): 63-115. Cat. 25. www.jstor.org

Petridis, Constantine. South of the Sahara: Selected Works of African Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art; distributed by the University of Washington Press, 2003. P. 49, color plate 9.

Petridis, Constantine. "A New Installation for African Art in Cleveland." Tribal 3, no. 36 (Autumn/Winter 2004): 68-73.

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2022/jun/21/freedom-and-flares-west-africas-photographic-master-in-pictures-rachidi-bissiriou Reproduced: cat. 9, p. 48 - 49

Exhibition history

CMA 1968: "African Tribal Images: The Katherine White Reswick Collection," cat. no. 91, repr.

CMA 1973: "Year in Review 1972," CMA Bulletin LX (March, 1973), p. 106, no. 25, repr. p. 105

Year in Review: 1972. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 27-March 18, 1973).

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