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

Consequently it is necessary for a traveller to learn from the inhabitants the provenience of each cranium, and every one in the house knows it.

From The Pagan Tribes of Borneo by Haddon, Alfred C. (Alfred Cort)

In many cases, however, my own investigations have led me to different conclusions, principally with regard to certain tests and the dialectal provenience of loanwords.

From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by Flom, George Tobias

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.