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CMA The Cleveland Museum of Art African Art collection

The Cleveland Museum of Art
11150 East Boulevard
Cleveland, Ohio 44106

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Timothy Rub, CMA director

279 African Art works at cleveland museum of art
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The Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) presents Art and Power in the Central African Savanna, an original exhibition that explores the political and religious power of 60 sculptures created by artists in four Central African cultures: the Luba, Songye, Chokwe, and Luluwa. Carved primarily from wood, these power figures act as containers for magical organic ingredients and serve purposes both religious and political. Art and Power will then travel to the CMA (March 1 through June 7, 2009) read more

The Cleveland Museum of Art permanent collection includes more than 35000 objects.

Comb, mid–late 1800s
Angola or Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Chokwe people
Wood, beads
The Harold R. Clark Educational Extension Fund,
Education Collection 1915.453

The gallery is organized geographically with a division in four broad cultural regions: Western Sudan, Guinea Coast, Nigeria and the Congo Basin. Objects from the same culture are shown together and contrasted with those of their neighbors.

This arrangement illustrates the formal and stylistic relationships between neighboring artistic traditions and emphasizes the uniqueness of the arts of distinct peoples.

The cultural regions are marked in the gallery by four free-standing cases containing a single work of art that may be viewed from all sides.

Serpent Headdress, late 1800s–early 1900s
Guinea, Baga people
Wood
The Norweb Collection 1960.37

The Cleveland Museum of Art is one of America’s leading comprehensive museums with a collection that spans 6,000 years of creative achievement in the arts and is world-renowned for its quality and breadth.

Currently undergoing a multi-year expansion project that will re-imagine the museum, it is a significant international forum for exhibitions, scholarship and art education.

The Cleveland Museum of Art has a membership of nearly 25,000 households and is generously supported by a broad range of individuals, foundations, and businesses in Cleveland and Northeastern Ohio.

The Cleveland Museum of Art is generously funded by Cuyahoga County residents through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture. Additional support from the Ohio Arts Council, which helped fund this program with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, educational excellence, and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans.

For more information on the museum, its holdings, programs, and events, call 1-888-CMA-0033 or visit
www.ClevelandArt.org .

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South of the Sahara
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written by CMA's Associate Curator of African Art Constantine Petridis, is a fully illustrated, 128-page catalogue (The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2003) including 42 object entries, an introductory essay and a map. It will be available for $45 (hardcover) and $30 (soft cover).

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Serpent Headdress, late 1800s–early 1900s Guinea, Baga people Wood The Norweb Collection 1960.37

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Serpent Headdress, late 1800s–early 1900s
Guinea, Baga people
Wood
The Norweb Collection 1960.37