Art Institute of ChicagoPublic domain
Ritual Head
Hemba · Mid–/late 19th century
Provenance
Ownership history
- Jay N. Whipple, Jr. (died 2018) and Anne Reisse Whipple, Lake Forest, Ill., by 1999; given to the Art Institute, 1999.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
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