Provenance
Mustapha Abdullahi, northern Nigeria then Lome, Togo [this and the following according to correspondence with Duncan Clarke, July 19, 2023; copy in curatorial object file]; sold to Massioudou Ango, Lome, Togo, by late 2022; sold to Duncan Clarke, Adire African Textiles, London, late 2022; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2024.
Talismanic Tunic
20th century
Accession Number
273599
Medium
Animal hide, ink, and pigment
Dimensions
102.9 × 104.2 × 4.5 cm (40 1/2 × 41 × 1 3/4 in.)
Classification
tunic
Credit Line
Arts of Africa Curatorial Discretionary Fund
