Staff

CultureLobi

MediumWood

DimensionsOverall: 25 × 8 1/4 × 2 inches (63.5 × 20.96 × 5.08 cm)

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

Object number2013.47.39

On View

Not on view

Collections

African Art

Terms

Provenance

With Tribal Arts Gallery, New York, NY, by November 1985;

Purchased from Tribal Arts Gallery by Donald (1927-2007) and Sally (1930-2017) Tranin, Kansas City, MO, no. 206, by November 1985 [1];

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] The Tribal Arts Gallery invoice for the Tranins’ purchase of this object is dated “9/30/2” and thus the year of the purchase is unclear. Tribal Arts Gallery closed in November 1985, so it must have been prior to this date, possibly September 30, 1982. Invoice in NAMA curatorial files.

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