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Man’s Wrapper (adanuvor)

Culture
Ewe artist
Date
1920–39
Material
Cotton, silk
possibly associated with
Ghana, Africa
possibly associated with
Togo, Africa
Current Location
Not on view
Dimensions
129 × 76 in. (327.7 × 193 cm)
Credit Line
Funds given by the Third Wednesday Group
Rights
Public Domain
Object Number
19:2017
c.1990-1995 - 2013
Karun Thakar, London, England, collected in Ghana [1]

2013 - 2017
Duncan Clarke, London, England, acquired through trade from Karun Thakar [2]

2017 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Duncan Clarke [3]


Notes:
[1] According to Duncan Clarke, this object was collected by Karun Thakar in Ghana c.1990-1995. Clarke acquired the object through a trade with Thakar in 2013 [notes of telephone conversation between Duncan Clarke and Museum curator Nichole Bridges, October 25, 2016, SLAM document files].

[2] See Note [1].

[3] An invoice dated March 1, 2017 from Duncan Clarke to the Saint Louis Art Museum documents the purchase of this object, listed as "Ewe men's cloth, cotton, Ghana" [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, March 20, 2017.

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