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Ancestor Figure

CultureHombo
Daten.d.
MediumWood
DimensionsOverall: 22 × 5 1/2 × 5 1/4 inches (55.88 × 13.97 × 13.34 cm)
Credit LineGift of Shirley and Barnett C. Helzberg Jr.
Object number2013.42.6
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionStanding figure with arms to side, missing left footProvenance

Anakle Lusanga;

Purchased from Lusanga by Marc Leo Félix, Brussels, Belgium, stock no. FX97512, by July 18-October 2, 1997 [1];

Purchased from Félix by Shirley and Barnett C. Helzberg, Jr., Mission Hills, KS, October 2, 1997-2013;

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.

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