Backrest
CultureKuba peoples
Dateca. 1850
MediumCarved wood
DimensionsOverall: 12 × 24 × 11 inches (30.48 × 60.96 × 27.94 cm)
Credit LineGift of Shirley and Barnett C. Helzberg Jr.
Object number2013.42.21
On View
On viewGallery Location
- L9
Collections
DescriptionRectangular box with lid, detailed with carved geometric designProvenancePossibly Ms. van Laere [1];
Possibly purchased from van Laere by dealer Marc Leo Félix, Brussels, Belgium, by May 10, 1995-May 28, 1998 [2];
Purchased from Félix by Shirley and Barnett C. Helzberg, Jr., Mission Hills, KS, May 28, 1998-2013;
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.
[2] Félix first offered this object for consideration to another Kansas City private collector in May 1995. Documentation in NAMA curatorial files.
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