Art Institute of Chicago
Dance Hat
Bamileke · 20th century
Provenance
Ownership history
- Njoya Ibrahim, Douala, Cameroon, by 2003; sold to Douglas Dawson Gallery, Chicago, Ill., 2003; sold to Donald Young and Shirley Weese Young, Chicago, Ill., 2003; given to the Art Institute, 2015.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Art Institute of Chicago, On Loss and Absence: Textiles of Mourning and Survival, Sept. 6, 2025 - Mar. 15, 2026.
Literature
Published references
- I. Facio et al. (eds.), On Loss and Absence: Textiles of Mourning and Survival (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 2025), p. 150, 155 (ill.).
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