Animal Figure
CultureLega peoples
Daten.d.
MediumIvory
DimensionsOverall: 1 3/4 × 9 × 1 1/4 inches (4.45 × 22.86 × 3.18 cm)
Credit LineGift of Shirley and Barnett C. Helzberg Jr.
Object number2013.42.48
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionChameleon lizard with spotten skin designProvenanceProvost collection [1];
With Marc Leo Félix, Brussels, Belgium, stock no. FX97099, by March 21-May 28, 1997 [2];
Purchased from Félix by Shirley and Barnett C. Helzberg, Jr., Mission Hills, KS, May 28, 1997-2013;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2013.
NOTES:
[1] According to dealer Marc Leo Félix, in documentation provided at the time of the object’s purchase, NAMA curatorial files. This is probably Carl K. Provost (1931-1994), a Belgian collector who lived in Africa from 1964-1973 and later opened a gallery in Houston, Texas.
[2] Félix's stock number is written on the underside of the object.
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