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Object number81.17.509

ProvenanceCollection of Barry Kitnick (1943-2022), founder of Gallery K, Santa Barbara, California; sold to Katherine White (1929-1980), Seattle, Washington, 1972; bequeathed to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 1981

Exhibition HistoryLos Angeles, California, Frederick S. Wight Art Gallery, University of California, African Art in Motion: Icon and Act, Jan. 20 - Mar. 17, 1974 (Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, May 5 - Sept. 22, 1974). Text by Robert Farris Thompson. No cat. no., pp. 175-6, reproduced pl. 212.

Credit LineGift of Katherine White and the Boeing Company

Dimensions11 1/4 x 10 3/16 x 8 1/4 in. (28.5 x 25.8 x 21 cm)

MediumWood, skin, nails, and basketry