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Ibeji Figure (one of a pair)

CultureYoruba peoples
MediumWood
DimensionsOverall: 11 1/4 × 4 × 3 3/4 inches (28.58 × 10.16 × 9.53 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Tranin Family from the collection of Donald H. Tranin
Object number2013.47.68
On View
Not on view
Collections
Provenance

With Wahshigalo Nouhoun, Mali, by 1998;

Purchased from Wahshigalo Nouhoun by Charles Jones African Art, Wilmington, NC, 1998 [1];

Purchased from Charles Jones African Art by Donald (1927-2007) and Sally (1930-2017) Tranin, Kansas City, MO, no. 277, by 2007;

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 Charles Jones, in an email to MacKenzie Mallon, Specialist, Provenance, September 1, 2021, NAMA curatorial files.

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