Cloth (lamba akotofahana)

- still in 2015
Unidentified dealer, Avignon, France [1]

2015
Michael Hawes, London, United Kingdom, acquired from an unidentified dealer [2]

2015 - 2018
Jonathan Hope, London, United Kingdom, acquired from Michael Hawes [3]

2018 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Jonathan Hope [4]


Notes:
[1] In an email dated November 8, 2017 to curator Nichole Bridges, Michael Hawes stated he acquired the cloth from an unidentified dealer at the Avignon Antiques Fair in September 2015 [copy of email in SLAM document files].

[2] See Note 1.

[3] In an email dated November 2, 2017 to curator Nichole Bridges, Jonathan Hope stated he acquired the cloth from Michael Hawes in September 2015 [copy of email in SLAM document files].

[4] An invoice dated November 27, 2017 from Jonathan Hope to the Saint Louis Art Museum documents the purchase of this object, listed as "A hand reeled silk textile, floating weft brocading, from Madagascar: Merina people, 19th century..." [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, February 20, 2018.