Art Institute of Chicago
Ceremonial Stool
Akan · Mid–/late 20th century
Provenance
Ownership history
- Yaha Berete, United States, by 1995; sold to Douglas Dawson Gallery, Chicago, Ill., 1995; sold to the Art Institute, 1995.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Douglas Dawson Gallery, Chicago, Ill., African Stools, May 11–16, 1995, no cat.
- Art Institute of Chicago, Heads of State/Seats of Power, Sept. 2–Nov. 7, 1995.
Literature
Published references
- Nii Otokunor Quarcoopome, "Art of the Akan,” African Art at the Art Institute of Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 23, 2 (1997), pp. 139, fig. 17.
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