provenance

"Often it's quite delicate, involved work to try and work out the exact provenance of where the remains are from so we can make those decisions."

"Although the artwork's provenance was extensively investigated when it was acquired in 1994, crucial facts concerning previous ownership of the painting were not known."

The guild said it agreed with the SWA that "provenance and a sense of place is a critical element of whisky" and English whisky distillers' grain had to be sourced from the UK.

You would not get all the information about respective photos that you typically would today: “������ is the provenance, how many of it was made? No, it was just you bought a print for $300.”

The AP’s own report says it also created a visual timeline using available materials but the results “offer little evidence about the provenance of the photo.”