The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 19, 2024
Shield
by 1928
Overall: 34.6 cm (13 5/8 in.)
Location: not on view
Description
A shield with a similar shape is on the Ugandan coat of arms, adopted in 1962 to mark the country's independence from Great Britain.- 1928Purchased by Paul Travis on behalf of the African Art Sponsors and the Gilpin Players in Kampala, Uganda1928The African Art Sponsors and the Gilpin Players1929–The Cleveland Museum of Art by giftProvenance Footnotes1 Boger, Ann C. et al. Paul B. Travis Africa 1927-1928. Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982. P. 24, 442 12/3/1928 letter to the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Cleveland Museum of Natural History from Hazel Mountain Walker (Gilpin Players, president) and Harry E. Davis (African Art Sponsors, president) reproduced on p. 54 of Adams, Henry et al. Paul Travis 1891-1975. Cleveland Artists Foundation, 2001.
- Standing on Ceremony: Traditional African Arms from the Donna and Robert Jackson Collection and the Cleveland Museum of Art. Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 24, 2004-March 15, 2005).Western Reserve Historical Society (4/24/2004 - 11/27/2004): 'Standing on Ceremony: Traditional African Arms from the Donna and Robert Jackson Collection and the Cleveland Museum of Art"
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1929.325