Miniature Altar
CultureLuba
Date1925-1950
MediumWood, cowries, animal hide, glass beads, snail shell horn, textile, raffia, and ngula
DimensionsOverall: 6 11/16 inches (16.99 cm)
Credit LineGift of Shirley and Barnett C. Helzberg Jr.
Object number2013.42.10
On View
Not on viewCollections
ProvenanceProbably with Pierre Dartevelle (b. 1940), Brussels, Belgium, by 1999 [1];
Probably purchased from Dartevelle by dealer Marc Leo Félix, Brussels, Belgium, stock no. FX 981160, 1998-June 25, 1999;
Purchased from Félix by Shirley and Barnett C. Helzberg, Jr., Mission Hills, KS, June 25, 1999-2013;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2013.
NOTES:
[1] According to dealer Marc Leo Félix, in an email to MacKenzie Mallon, Specialist, Provenance, February 13, 2023, NAMA curatorial files.
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