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African Art
Cultural Object
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Walking Stick

20th century

Wood

33 1/4 × 2 × 2 1/2 in. (84.46 × 5.08 × 6.35 cm)
Gift of Mark Landrum, B.A. 1961
2015.70.10
Geography: 
Country Eshowe, South Africa
Status: 
Not on view
Culture: 
Zulu
Period: 
20th century
Classification: 
Tools and Equipment
Provenance: 

G.M. Roberts (a South African art dealer), unknown date– May 2004.
Douglas Dawson, 400 North Morgan Street, Chicago, Illinois 60622, purchased the piece in May of 2004 and sold it to Mark Landrum on March 27, 2006
Mark Landrum 2006–2015

Bibliography: 

“Acquisitions July 1, 2015–June 30, 2016,” https://artgallery.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/Pub_Bull_acquisitions_2016.pdf (accessed December 1, 2016).

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.