Female Effigy Figure
CultureAfrican
MediumCarved wood with glass beads
DimensionsOverall: 34 × 7 3/4 × 7 inches (86.36 × 19.69 × 17.78 cm)
Credit LineGift of Robert L. Stolper
Object number81-41
On View
Not on viewCollections
ProvenanceWith Walter Kaiser, Stuttgart, Germany;
Purchased from Kaiser by dealer Robert L. Stolper, London, possibly about 1970-1981 [1];
His gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1981.
NOTES:
[1] According to Robert L. Stolper, in a letter to Martha Stout, Registrar, July 13, 1982, NAMA curatorial files: “This came from the Walter Kaiser collection in Stuttgart, who is both a collector and dealer and he had it for some many years prior to selling it to me. Even he does not remember how long he had it. However, I had it for about 10 years mostly in storage, then sent it to the States, where it had been stored, and finally gave it to your Museum.”
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