Art Institute of Chicago
Funerary Urn
Kongo · 19th/early 20th century
Provenance
Ownership history
- George Stoecklin, Golf-Juan, France, by 1978; sold to Raymond E. Britt (died 2004), Britt Family Collection, Chicago, Ill., 1978 [see correspondence with Jean Britt (née Curtiss) in curatorial file]; given to the Art Institute, 1979.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Chicago, Ill., The Field Museum, African Sources, Apr. 14-Dec. 1984, no cat.
- Chicago, Ill, Columbia College Art Gallery, Spirits and Spouses, Gender Roles in African Art, Feb. 12–Apr. 5, 1996, no cat.
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