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Provenance
Provenance
Probably acquired in Burkina Faso by a private collection, United States, 1960 [see note 1]; sale, Sotheby’s, New York, May 16, 2008, lot 92; sold to Paul F. Walter (1935–2017), New York, May 16, 2008; bequeathed to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2017
Note 1: According to the Sotheby’s sale catalogue, the anklet was acquired "in situ," a term used to reflect an object was acquired in its country of origin. Further details surrounding the acquisition are unknown.
Bibliography
Sotheby's, New York, African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art, sale cat. (May 16, 2008), no. lot 93, ill