Pair of Yata Dance Panels (Yata)

Provenance

Private collection, London, 1970s [this and the following according to correspondence with Young Robertson Gallery, Jan. 2015; copies in curatorial object files]; Young Robertson Gallery, New York; sold to private collection, New York; Young Robertson Gallery, New York; sold to Michael R. Mack, Atlanta, 2016; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2024.

Pair of Yata Dance Panels (Yata)

Yoruba

Probably early 20th century

Accession Number

273469

Medium

Glass beads, cotton, and cloth

Dimensions

With fringe. Height without fringe = 11.5 in.: 42.6 × 29.3 cm (16 3/4 × 11 1/2 in.); fully extended: 97.2 × 29.9 × 1.3 cm (38 1/4 × 11 3/4 × 1/2 in.)

Classification

african art

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of the Michael R. Mack Collection