Dance shield (kai diba)
20th century
Medium/TechniqueWood, pigments
DimensionsOverall: 24.1 x 75.6 cm (9 1/2 x 29 3/4 in.)
Lender accessory (Mount): 24.1 x 17.8 x 7.6 cm (9 1/2 x 7 x 3 in.)
Lender accessory (Mount): 24.1 x 17.8 x 7.6 cm (9 1/2 x 7 x 3 in.)
Credit LineBequest of William E. Teel
Accession number2014.323
On View
On viewClassificationsPersonal accessories
Collections
ProvenanceBy about 1930s, Joseph Standley (d. 1940), Ye Olde Curiosity Shop, Seattle. From about the 1930s until the 1980s, in a collection in Los Angeles [see note]. July 31, 1990, sold by Hurst Gallery, Cambridge, MA, to William and Bertha Teel, Marblehead, MA; 2014, bequest of William Teel to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 26, 2014)
NOTE: According to the dealer at the time of the Teels’ purchase (1990), the object was taken to Los Angeles in the 1930s and remained in storage there “until recently.”
NOTE: According to the dealer at the time of the Teels’ purchase (1990), the object was taken to Los Angeles in the 1930s and remained in storage there “until recently.”
20th century
19th–20th century
mid to late 20th century
20th century
early 20th century
20th century
19th century
20th century