Art Institute of Chicago
Ceremonial Staff
Tutsi · Mid–20th century (before 1962)
Provenance
Ownership history
- Rosalie Gicanda (died 1994), Queen of Rwanda, Butare Province, Rwanda (formerly Ruanda-Urundi, a United Nations trust territory from 1945 to 1962), to 1962; given to Mr. Shifferaw Zelleke (died 2011), Geneva, Switzerland, 1962; consigned to his daughter Ghenete Zelleke, Chicago, Ill., given to the Art Institute, 2000.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
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