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NNG-037999

A Kassena Flute

Burkina Faso

38.0 cm (15.0 in)

Provenance

Auction results

Lot 48, Sotheby's, Paris — Jun 15, 2011
Arts d'Afrique et d'Océanie
Estimate: EUR 4,000 - 7,000
Sold: EUR 60,750
USD 86,309
Lot 28, Native, Brussels — May 27, 2025
A Princely Collection
Estimate: EUR 10,000 - 15,000
Sold: EUR 19,500
USD 22,221

Publications

  • Martha G. Anderson & Christine Mullen Kreamer, Wild Spirits, Strong Medicine: African Art and the Wilderness [Exhibition catalog], University of Washington Press, 1989, p.118, cat.74

  • Christopher Roy & Thomas G.B. Wheelock, Land of Flying Masks: Art & Culture in Burkina Faso, the Thomas G. B. Wheelock Collection, Prestel, 2007, cat. 430

Exhibitions

  • New York, Center for African Art, Wild Spirits, Strong Medicine: African Art and the Wilderness, 10 May - 20 August 1989 [Travelling exhibition continued to Evanston, Illinois, Block Art Gallery, Northwestern University, 21 September - 22 November 1989; Coral Gables, Florida, Lowe Art Museum, The University of Miami, 14 December 1989 - 28 January 1990; Columbus, Ohio: The Columbus Museum of Art, 18 February - 30 April 1990; Worcester, Massachusetts: The Worcester Art Museum, 15 September - 1 December 1990], cat.74