provenience

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I mean, I’ve heard of provenance — the unbroken chain of ownership of, say, an old master painting or Tang dynasty vase — but provenience?

From Washington Post • Nov. 9, 2015

However, there is still no definitive word on the masks’ provenience and they say their detective work will continue.

From Washington Times • Aug. 15, 2015

They were in the Forum, as the provenience of the inscription shows.

From A Study of the Topography and Municipal History of Praeneste by Magoffin, Ralph Van Deman

Both at Sevres and Neuchatel Aegean vases have been exhibited since about 1840, the provenience being in the one case Phylakope in Melos, in the other Cephalonia.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

The folk-lore respecting the provenience of children may be divided into two categories.

From The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day by Chamberlain, Alexander F.