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Belt (Yeemy Mambolmashet)
Kuba · 19th century
Provenance
Ownership history
- Nève de Mévergnies Family, before 1910 [see receipt from Deletaille in file]; Emile Deletaille, Brussels, by 1984; sold to Richard J. Faletti (died 2006) and Barbara Faletti (died 2000), Chicago, Ill. and Phoenix, Ariz., 1984; given to the Art Institute, 1997.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Art Institute of Chicago, African Artistry: Gifts from the Faletti Family Collection, Oct. 5–May 18, 2003, Gallery 142, no. cat.
Literature
Published references
- Y. Biro and C. Petridis (eds.). Les arts africains histoire et dynamique (Paris: Citadelles & Mazenod, 2025), p. 418 (ill.).
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