Pair of Yata Dance Panels (Yata)

Arts of Africa

Probably early 20th century

Yoruba
Nigeria
Coastal West Africa

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of Africa

Culture: Yoruba
Title: Pair of Yata Dance Panels (Yata)
Place: Nigeria (Object made in:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1900–1940
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.)
Credit Line: Gift of the Michael R. Mack Collection
Reference Number: 2024.372.1-2

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.

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