Art Institute of Chicago
Arkilla Kerka (Wedding Hanging)
Fulani · Mid–20th century
Provenance
Ownership history
- Gilbert and Roda Graham, Woodbury, N.Y., by 2002 [Incoming permanent receipt RX23788 dated Sept. 30, 2002 in curatorial object file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2002.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Evanston, Ill., Block Musem of Art, Northwestern University, Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time: Art, Culture, and Exchange Across Medieval Saharan Africa, Jan. 26–July 21, 2019, cat. pg. 97, fig. 6.5; traveled to Toronto, the Aga Khan Museum, Sept. 21, 2019–Feb. 23, 2020; and Washington, D.C., National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Apr. 8–Nov. 29, 2020.
Literature
Published references
- Kathleen Bickford Berzock, editor. 2019. Caravans of Gold: Fragments in Time: Art, Culture, and Exchange Across Medieval Saharan Africa. Exh. cat. Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University with Princeton University Press, pg. 97 (ill).
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