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Royal Chair (Akonkromfi)
Asante · Probably mid–/late 19th century
Provenance
Ownership history
- Kao Ibrahim, Ets Kao Ibrahim & Fils, Lomé, Togo, before May 2000 [personal communication from D. Dawson, May 2000]; sold to Douglas Dawson Gallery, Chicago, Ill., from May 2000; sold to the Art Institute, 2000.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Knoxville, Tenn., Frank H. McClung Museum, The World Moves, We Follow: Celebrating African Art, Jan. 10-May 18, 2003, pp. 24 (ill).
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