Beer pot

CultureZulu peoples

MediumTerracotta

DimensionsOverall: 12 1/4 × 15 × 15 inches (31.12 × 38.1 × 38.1 cm)

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

Object number2013.47.71

On View

Not on view

Collections

African Art

Terms

Provenance

With Third World Specialists, South Africa, by April 1996;

Purchased from Third World Specialists by Douglas Dawson, Chicago, IL, stock no. 6035, April- September 1996 [1];

Purchased from Dawson by Donald (1927-2007) and Sally (1930-2017) Tranin, no. 195, Kansas City, MO, September 17, 1996;

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 Douglas Dawson, in email correspondence with MacKenzie Mallon, Specialist, Provenance, July 17, 2022, NAMA curatorial files, Third World Specialists was a South African dealer. A piece of paper with Dawson’s stock number is taped to the inside of the pot.

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