The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 27, 2023

Shield

by 1928

Africa, East Africa, unknown maker

Bamboo, wood, pelt, and plant fiber

Overall: 34.6 cm (13 5/8 in.)

Gift of the Gilpin Players of Karamu House 1929.325

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.

Provenance
1928
Purchased by Paul Travis on behalf of the African Art Sponsors and the Gilpin Players in Kampala, Uganda 1
1928
The African Art Sponsors and the Gilpin Players 2
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, 44
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.
Exhibition history

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"

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).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1929.325