
Art Institute of Chicago
Storage Container
Mossi · Early/mid–20th century
Provenance
Ownership history
- Galerie Keith Barton, Ranchos De Taos, N.Mex. by 2006; sold to Keith Acehpohl, Iowa City, Iowa, by 2006; 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, December 3, 2005–February 20, 2006, cat. 37.
Literature
Published references
- Kathleen Bickford Berzock, For Hearth and Altar: African Ceramics from the Keith Achepohl Collection (The Art Institute and Yale University Press, 2005), pp. 80-81.
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