Royal Trousers

Provenance

Oba Dele Adeshina, Odo-Ona Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria, until 2009; sold to Garuba (Garaba) Konte, Albuquerque, N.M., 2009 [sales invoice from the palace of Odo-Ona of Ilorin dated April 7, 2009; import documentation dated March 10, 2019; customs permit dated March 15, 2009 in curatorial file]; sold to Douglas Dawson Gallery, Chicago, Ill., 2009; sold to the Art Institute, 2009.

Royal Trousers

Yoruba

Early/mid–20th century

Accession Number

199857

Medium

Glass beads, cloth, and string

Dimensions

94 × 73.1 × 6.4 cm (37 × 28 3/4 × 2 1/2 in.)

Classification

trousers

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Purchased with funds provided by Cynthia and Terry E. Perucca; African and Amerindian Art Purchase Fund