H x W x D: 14 x 2.9 x 2.5 cm (5 1/2 x 1 1/8 x 1 in.)
Type:
Figure
Geography:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Provenance:
Herbert Baker, Pacific Palisades, California, -- to 1967
Exhibition History:
African Sculpture, Princeton University Art Museum, February 2-March 14, 1971, no. 145
The Language of African Art, Museum of African Art at the Smithsonian Institution Fine Arts & Portrait Gallery, May 24-September 7, 1970, no. 417
Published References:
Museum of African Art. 1971. African Sculpture at Princeton University from the Museum of African Art. Washington, D.C.: Museum of African Art, no. 145 (not illustrated).
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