Side-blown Trumpet

CultureBangwa

Date1875-1925

MediumCarved ivory

DimensionsOverall: 28 1/4 × 10 3/4 inches (71.76 × 27.31 cm)

Credit LineGift of Estelle and Morton Sosland

Object number80-50/2

On View

On view

Gallery Location

Collections

African Art

Terms

Provenance

With Everett Rassiga (1922-2003), New York, NY, by 1980 [1];

Purchased from Rassiga, probably through the Sales and Rental Gallery, Kansas City, MO, by Estelle (1925-2021) and Morton (1925-2019) Sosland, Kansas City, MO, by December 16, 1980 [1];

Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1980.

NOTES:

[1] Rassiga offered this trumpet for sale at Fine African and Oceanic Art, Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, November 14, 1980, lot 203, but it failed to sell.

[2] Estelle and Morton Sosland probably bought this trumpet from Rassiga through the Sales and Rental Gallery at the same time they bought a Dan game board (Nelson-Atkins no. 80-50/1). Both objects were offered by Rassiga at the Sotheby’s sale on November 14, 1980. The Sales and Rental Gallery was a space within the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art where dealers and private collectors could offer art objects for sale.

Published References

Fine African and Oceanic Art (New York: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1980), unpaginated, lot 203, (repro.).

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