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Harp

CultureZande
Dateca. 1900-1925
MediumWood, leather, and vegetable fiber cord
DimensionsA: 14 1/4 × 3 1/2 × 3 inches (36.2 × 8.89 × 7.62 cm)
B: 15 3/4 × 7 × 1 1/2 inches (40.01 × 17.78 × 3.81 cm)
Credit LineGift of Shirley and Barnett C. Helzberg Jr.
Object number2013.42.56.A,B
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionMusical instrument harp in two pieces, elongated neck as the stem with head at end, body of stretched leather on woodProvenance

Michelle Bavoillot, Brussels, Belgium [1];

Purchased from Bavoillot by Marc Leo Félix, Brussels, Belgium, stock no. FX96338, by November 23, 1996-January 21, 1997 [2];

Purchased from Félix by Shirley and Barnett C. Helzberg, Jr., Mission Hills, KS, January 21, 1997-2013;

Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2013.

NOTES:

[1] According to dealer Marc Leo Félix, in email correspondence with MacKenzie Mallon, Specialist, Provenance, February 13, 2023, NAMA curatorial files.

[2] Félix’s stock number is written on the object.

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