Figure
CultureKanyok
Date1925-1950
MediumWood, skin, cloth, beads, antelope horn and string
DimensionsOverall: 10 1/2 × 11 inches (26.67 × 27.94 cm)
Credit LineGift of Shirley and Barnett C. Helzberg Jr.
Object number2013.42.24
On View
On viewGallery Location
- L9
Collections
DescriptionPower figure surrounded in a symbolic bundle wrap of skin, etc., with small trade beads at neckProvenanceAlphonse Bisendji;
Purchased from Bisendji by dealer Marc Leo Félix, Brussels, Belgium, stock no. FX9695, by March 21-September 24, 1996 [1];
Purchased from Félix by Shirley and Barnett C. Helzberg, Jr., Mission Hills, KS, September 24, 1996-2013;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2013.
NOTES:
[1] According to Marc Leo Félix, in email correspondence with MacKenzie Mallon, Specialist, Provenance, February 13, 2023, NAMA curatorial files.
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