The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of March 29, 2024
Lamellophone (chisanji)
late 1800s
Overall: 19.1 x 10.2 x 6.4 cm (7 1/2 x 4 x 2 1/2 in.)
Location: not on view
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The CMA acquired this plucky instrument in 1915, one year before it opened to the public.Description
The thumb piano portrays a wonderfully animated man riding a curious quadruped. His hat suggests he is probably a trader (pombeiro) engaged in long-distance commerce.- by 1915(F. M. Rapp, probably by field collection in Portuguese West Africa (Angola) or Belgian Congo (Democratic Republic of Congo)1915(F. M. Rapp, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH)1915-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Wixom, WIlliam D. "African Art at the Cleveland Museum of Art." In African Arts. 10, no. 3. (April 1977): 16-25. Mentioned: p. 16; reproduced: p. 19 www.jstor.orgBourgeois, Arthur P, et al. Sounding Forms : African Musical Instruments. Edited by Brincard Marie-Thérèse. New York: American Federation of Arts, 1989. Reproduced: p. 131, fig. 74.Chanda, Jacqueline. African Arts & Cultures. Worcester, MA: Davis Publications, 1993. P. 75Jordán, Manuel, and Marie Louise Bastin. Chokwe!: Art and Initiation Among the Chokwe and Related Peoples. Munich: Prestel, 1998.Petridis, Constantijn. South of the Sahara: selected works of African art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2003. reproduced: fig. 2, p. 13Petridis, Constantine, "African Art Revisited", Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine. Vol. 43 no. 09, November 2003 Mentioned & reproduced: p. 4-5 archive.orgChemeche, George, and John Pemberton. The Horse Rider in African Art. London: Antique Collectors' Club, 2011. p. 106Berzock, Kathleen Bickford, and Christa Clarke. Representing Africa in American Art Museums: A Century of Collecting and Display. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2011. Reproduced: p. 105, fig. 5.1Petridis, Constantine. "A World of Great Art for Everyone." In Representing Africa in American Art Museums: A Century of Collecting and Display, edited by Kathleen Bickford Berzock and Christa Clarke, 104-121. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2011. Mentioned: p. 104; reproduced: p. 105, fig. 5.1Roberts, Allen F., Tom Joyce, Marla Berns, William Joseph Dewey, Henry John Drewal, Candice Lee Goucher, and Rowland Abiodun. Striking Iron: The Art of African Blacksmiths. Los Angeles, California: Fowler Museum at UCLA, 2019. Reproduced: p. 427, fig. 17.3; discussed: p. 430.Nzewi, Ugochukwu-Smooth C. Second Careers : Two Tributaries in African Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2019 Reproduced: p. 18, fig. 1; mentioned: p. 19 ingallslibrary.on.worldcat.org
- Striking Iron: The Art of African Blacksmiths. Fowler Museum at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA (organizer) (June 3-December 30, 2018); National Museum of African Art, Washington, DC (February 10-October 20, 2019); Musée du quai Branly, Paris, France (November 10, 2019-August 16, 2020).Chokwe! Art and Initiation Among Chokwe and Related Peoples. Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL (organizer) (November 1, 1998-January 3, 1999); The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD (June 13-September 5, 1999); Minneapolis Institute of Arts, MN (October 24, 1999-January 16, 2000).Sounding Forms: African Musical Instruments. The National Museum of African Art, Washington, DC (organizer)(April 23–June 18, 1989) The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA (July 16-September 10, 1989); Nelson Atkins Museum, Kansas City, MO (October 7-November 26, 1989); Musée des Arts Africains, Paris, France ( January 6-March 3, 1990).
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