A SUPERB ASANTE GAME BOARD, Ghana

Jay C. Leff, Uniontown, by 1959
Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, African Art from the collects ion of Jay C. Leff, April 22, 1967, lot 55
Chaim and Renee Gross, New York, acquired at the above auction

Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Exotic Art from Ancient and Primitive Civilizations, collects ion of Jay C. Leff, October 15, 1959 - January 3, 1960
Museum of African Art, Washington, D.C., The Sculptor's Eye: The African Art collects ion of Mr. and Mrs. Chaim Gross, 1976 (additional venues: Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, November 5, 1976 - January 2, 1977; Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, March 27 - May 1, 1977; Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, May 17 - July 17, 1977)
National Museum of African Art, Washington, D.C., African Mankala, June 20 - October 7, 1984

Carnegie Institute (ed.), Exotic Art from Ancient and Primitive Civilizations: collects ion of Jay C. Leff, Pittsburgh, 1959, p. 44, cat. 266 (not ill.)
Arnold Rubin, The Sculptor's Eye, Washington, D.C., 1976, p. 41, cat. 32
Warren M. Robbins and Nancy I. Nooter, African Art in American collects ions, Washington and London, 1989, p. 155, fig. 286

Fair condition overall; several openwork segments missing, including a horizontally lying openwork ring underneath one of the bowls with 3 inch segment missing; one of the four semi-circular segments with openwork grid underneath the play field with section missing; one each side one end of the central vertical knot element missing; knicks and scratches, wear and tear form handling; aged varied brown patina with residue.
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