Female figure

CultureYoruba peoples

MediumWood

DimensionsOverall: 6 × 2 3/8 × 2 3/4 inches (15.24 × 6.05 × 6.99 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Tranin Family from the collection of Donald H. Tranin

Object number2013.47.65

On View

Not on view

Collections

African Art

Terms

Provenance

With Peter Natan Gallery, Denver, CO, 1962-July 1981;

Purchased from Peter Natan Gallery by Donald (1927-2007) and Sally (1930-2017) Tranin, Kansas City, MO, no. 182, July 1981;

By descent to their son, Ed Tranin, Leawood, KS, and their daughter, Laura Tranin, Seattle, WA, by 2013;

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

NOTES:

[1] According to a dealer’s statement from Peter Natan Gallery dated July 9, 1981, NAMA curatorial files, Natan acquired this object “in 1962 directly from Nigeria, Africa.”

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