Art Institute of Chicago
Commemorative Container (Abusua Kuruwa)
Kwahu · Late 19th/early 20th century
Provenance
Ownership history
- Barre Gabai, Calif., by 2000; sold to Douglas Dawson Gallery, Chicago, Ill., 2000; sold to Keith Achepohl, Iowa City, Iowa, 2001; given to the Art Institute, 2005.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Art Institute of Chicago, For Hearth and Altar: African Ceramics from the Keith Achepohl Collection, Dec. 3, 2005–Feb. 20, 2006, cat. 51.
Literature
Published references
- Kathleen Bickford Berzock, For Hearth and Altar: African Ceramics from the Keith Achepohl Collection (The Art Institute and Yale University Press, 2005), pp. 98-99.
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