AN IMPORTANT BAMUM BUFFALO MASK, Cameroon

mounted on an Inagaki base.

John D. Graham, New York, 1920s-30s
Frank W. Crowninshield, New York, acquired from the above prior to 1937
Chaim and Renee Gross, New York, acquired from the above between 1940 and 1944

Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, African Negro Art: The collects ion of Frank Crowninshield, March 20 - April 25, 1937
M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, African Negro Sculpture: A Loan Exhibition, September 24 - November 19, 1948
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)

Paul Wingert, African Negro Sculpture, San Francisco, 1948, p. 17, cat. 174 (not ill.)

Very good condition overall; some insect damage (small worm holes on the surface); small age cracks, nicks and scratches, wear and tear from traditional use, larger chip on reverse bottom of mouth, not visible from the front; fine aged dark brown patina with traces of kaolin.
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