Art Institute of Chicago
Storage Container
Kurumba · 19th/mid–20th century
Provenance
Ownership history
- Unknown owner, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, by 1995; sold to Galerie Keith Barton, Ranchos De Taos, N.Mex., by 1995; sold to Keith Achepohl, Iowa City, Iowa, 1995; given to the Art Institute, 2006.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Art Institute of Chicago, For Hearth and Altar: African Ceramics from the Keith Achepohl Collection, Dec. 3, 2005–Feb. 20, 2006, cat. 38.
Literature
Published references
- Kathleen Bickford Berzock, For Hearth and Altar: African Ceramics from the Keith Achepohl Collection (The Art Institute and Yale University Press, 2006), p. 81.
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