Tumbuan Dance Costume
- Culture
- Middle Sepik artist
- Date
- mid- to late 20th century
- Classification
- Costume & clothing, wood
- Collection
- Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- approximate: 64 15/16 x 17 11/16 x 19 11/16 in. (165 x 45 x 50 cm)
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Morton D. May
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 1414:1983
Provenance
Museum of Primitive Art, New York, NY, USA [1]
- 1968
Everett Rassiga Inc., New York, NY
1968 - 1983
Morton D. May (1914-1983), St. Louis, MO, purchased from Everett Rassiga Inc. [2]
1983 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, bequest of Morton D. May [3]
Notes:
[1] An invoice dated January 11, 1968 from Everett Rassiga Inc. to Morton D. May documents the purchase of this object, listed as "2473 Sepik Dance costume, ex coll Museum of Primitive Art, New York" [May Archives, Saint Louis Art Museum].
[2] See Note [1].
[3] Last Will and Testament of M. D. May dated June 11, 1982 [copy, May Archives, Saint Louis Art Museum]. Minutes of the Acquisitions and Loans Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, September 20, 1983.
- 1968
Everett Rassiga Inc., New York, NY
1968 - 1983
Morton D. May (1914-1983), St. Louis, MO, purchased from Everett Rassiga Inc. [2]
1983 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, bequest of Morton D. May [3]
Notes:
[1] An invoice dated January 11, 1968 from Everett Rassiga Inc. to Morton D. May documents the purchase of this object, listed as "2473 Sepik Dance costume, ex coll Museum of Primitive Art, New York" [May Archives, Saint Louis Art Museum].
[2] See Note [1].
[3] Last Will and Testament of M. D. May dated June 11, 1982 [copy, May Archives, Saint Louis Art Museum]. Minutes of the Acquisitions and Loans Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, September 20, 1983.
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