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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 11074574, member: 8267&quot;]This is invaluable information, and gives you an important direction to pursue. The value/significance of any ethnographic object is greatly enhanced by establishing a history/provenance for the piece. While the couple may not have more specific information, Rotterdam Wereld Museum may be able to tell you more.</p><p><br /></p><p>For example, they have much of their collection online and I was able to find 3 other examples of Kurumba adoné headdresses held by the museum, with a bit of information about when they were acquired -</p><p><br /></p><p>purchase (aankoop) 1964-09-09</p><p>[ATTACH=full]536046[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://collectie.wereldmuseum.nl/#/query/f00dac64-dd43-4ed4-a723-e57fc960048c" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectie.wereldmuseum.nl/#/query/f00dac64-dd43-4ed4-a723-e57fc960048c" rel="nofollow">https://collectie.wereldmuseum.nl/#/query/f00dac64-dd43-4ed4-a723-e57fc960048c</a></p><p><br /></p><p>before (voor) 1970</p><p>[ATTACH=full]536047[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://collectie.wereldmuseum.nl/#/query/a166e3f1-d42b-43c7-a13a-4c66239b9412" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectie.wereldmuseum.nl/#/query/a166e3f1-d42b-43c7-a13a-4c66239b9412" rel="nofollow">https://collectie.wereldmuseum.nl/#/query/a166e3f1-d42b-43c7-a13a-4c66239b9412</a></p><p><br /></p><p>before (voor) 1971</p><p>[ATTACH=full]536048[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://collectie.wereldmuseum.nl/#/query/6aaa7dc0-2281-4a83-a248-987aa3320524" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectie.wereldmuseum.nl/#/query/6aaa7dc0-2281-4a83-a248-987aa3320524" rel="nofollow">https://collectie.wereldmuseum.nl/#/query/6aaa7dc0-2281-4a83-a248-987aa3320524</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Looking at other objects in the collection from Burkina Faso, the Museum seems to have been actively collecting from the region during the 1960s and 1970s. </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://collectie.wereldmuseum.nl/#/query/9b0837b9-7b57-4f41-9534-829a4e0fa0ea" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectie.wereldmuseum.nl/#/query/9b0837b9-7b57-4f41-9534-829a4e0fa0ea" rel="nofollow">https://collectie.wereldmuseum.nl/#/query/9b0837b9-7b57-4f41-9534-829a4e0fa0ea</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps if you contact the museum they may be able to explain the circumstances under which your headdress would have been sold, and provide additional information about how it was originally collected.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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