Art Institute of Chicago
Tunic
Yoruba · Early-mid 20th century
Provenance
Ownership history
- Oba Dele Adeshina, Odo-Ona Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria, until 2009; sold to Garuba (Garaba) Konte, Albuquerque, N.M., 2009 [sales invoice from the palace of Odo-Ona of Ilorin dated April 7, 2009; import documentation dated March 10, 2019; customs permit dated March 15, 2009 in curatorial file]; sold to Douglas Dawson Gallery, Chicago, Ill., 2009; sold to the Art Institute, 2009.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Literature
Published references
- Constantine Petridis et al., Speaking of Objects: African Art at the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2020), cat. no. 43-44, pp. 114-115 (ill.).
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