Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2012
The Acquisitions
Art of Asia, Oceania, and Africa: July 2011–June 2012
Basket with cowries
mid 20th–20th century
Artist Unidentified, African
Height x diameter: 17.8 x 25.4 cm (7 x 10 in.)
Fiber, cowries, metal coins, leather
Classification: Basketry
Culture: African, Yoruba peoples, Nigeria
Accession number: 2011.1732
Provenance/Ownership History: By 1999, with an African dealer; New York; 1999, sold by this dealer to Timothy Hamill, Boston; 2011, gift of Timothy Hamill to the MFA. (Accession date: September 21, 2011)
Gift of Tim Hamill