"Prestige" Part 2

My presentation and our discussion in class covered most of what I had planned as an elaboration on this topic. But still, a brief summary for records:

• My object was donated by Mr. Donald Deskey. I need to confirm, but if this is he: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Deskey
  that adds quite a bit of prestige to my piece, as it influenced this important designer's later works!
• Donald Deskey donated a collection to Peabody in 1960.
• Then, in 1975, "Mr. Deskey wished to release his life estate into the collection."
• Because this object was donated in the later batch, it could be less prestigious (not interesting enough to donate on the first go-around), or more prestigious (Mr. Deskey might have wanted to keep it because valued it as a find).
• This was one of 64 objects in the second batch of donations, most of which consisted of Yoruba and Warega pieces; it did not receive much attention in the correspondence and was lost among the larger, more popular communities' collections. This detracts some prestige.

Other things that could raise its prestige:

• Kate Ezra (http://mavcor.yale.edu/people/kate-ezra) wrote her dissertation on Jo initiation figures.
• David Rockefeller owned one of these figures.