Art Institute of Chicago
Headdress for Gelede (Igi)
Yoruba · Early/mid–20th century
Provenance
Ownership history
- John Klejman (died 1995), Klejman Gallery, New York, N.Y., by 1963; sold to the Art Institute, 1963.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Portland, Maine, Tribal Art of West Africa, Portland Museum of Art, September 16–October 31, 1971, cat. 43.
Literature
Published references
- Allen Wardwell, Primitive Art in the Collections of the Art Institute of Chicago (Art Institute of Chicago, 1965), pl. 66 (ill.).
- Moyo Okediji, "Art of the Yoruba," African Art at the Art Institute of Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 23, 2 (1997), pp. 164–181, no. 28 (ill.).
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