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Protective Tunic

Date
mid- to late 20th century
Material
Cotton, ink
made in
Mali, Africa
made in
Mali, Africa
Current Location
Not on view
Dimensions
36 × 39 1/2 in. (91.4 × 100.3 cm)
Credit Line
Friends Endowment Fund
Rights
Public Domain
Object Number
120:2022
Yaya Fofana, Segou, Mali

Herve Derrien, London, United Kingdom, acquired from Yaya Fofana [1]

c.2010 - 2021
John Gillow, London, United Kingdom, purchased from Herve Derrien [2]

2021 - 2022
Duncan Clarke (Adire African Textiles), London, United Kingdom, purchased from John Gillow [3]

2022 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Duncan Clarke [4]


Notes:
[1] In an email dated April 19, 2022 to Nichole Bridges, Duncan Clarke stated "the tunic I bought in 2021 from John Gillow...He bought it circa 2010 from a London dealer named Herve Derrien, who was supplied by a dealer in Segou, Mali named Yaya Fofana" [email in SLAM document files].

[2] See Note 1.

[3] See Note 1.

[4] Invoice. Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, August 22, 2022.

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