Man’s Cape
- Culture
- Maori artist
- Date
- first half 20th century
- Material
- Woven flax with fiber tassels
- made in
- New Zealand, Oceania
- Classification
- Costume & clothing, textiles
- Collection
- Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- with fringe: 65 3/8 x 59 1/16 in. (166 x 150 cm)
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Morton D. May
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 1552:1983
Provenance
by 1980 - 1983
Morton D. May (1914-1983), St. Louis, MO, USA [1]
1983 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, bequest of Morton D. May [2]
Notes:
[1] This object was in the collection of Morton D. May when it arrived on loan to the Museum in 1980 [1980.465 loan agreement form, SLAM document files].
[2] 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.
Morton D. May (1914-1983), St. Louis, MO, USA [1]
1983 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, bequest of Morton D. May [2]
Notes:
[1] This object was in the collection of Morton D. May when it arrived on loan to the Museum in 1980 [1980.465 loan agreement form, SLAM document files].
[2] 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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