Art Institute of Chicago
Man's Wrapper (Akunitan)
Akan · 20th century
Provenance
Ownership history
- David C. Ruttenberg and Sarajean Ruttenberg, Ruttenberg Arts Foundation, Chicago, Ill., by 1986; given to the Art Institute, 1986
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Art Institute of Chicago, Department of African Art and Indian Art of the Americas, Gallery 137, January 13-May 10, 2016
Literature
Published references
- Nii Otokunor Quarcoopome, “Art of the Akan,” African Art at the Art Institute of Chicago, Museum Studies 23, 2 (1997): 140-141, cat. 18 (ill.).
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