The Cleveland Museum of Art

• Provenance
  1928

  Purchased by Paul Travis on behalf of the African Art Sponsors and the Gilpin Players in Kampala, Uganda

  1928

  The African Art Sponsors and the Gilpin Players

  1929–

  The Cleveland Museum of Art by gift

  Provenance Footnotes

  1 Boger, Ann C. et al. Paul B. Travis Africa 1927-1928. Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982. P. 24, 44It appears on a checklist of "African Material" circa 1928 as part of a group of three "ceremonial shields." The place of collection is obscured by torn paper. Archives of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.

  2 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.
• Citations
  Windmuller-Luna, Kristen. "An Obsession with Heads: The Impact of African Arts, Anthropology, and Photography on the Works of Alberto Giacometti," Medium (May 2022). medium.com
• Exhibition History
  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"
• Cite this Page
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