A KONGO-VILI POWER FIGURE, Democratic Republic of the Congo

with waterbuck (kobus ellipsiprymnus) horns.

John D. Graham, New York, 1920s-30s
Frank W. Crowninshield, New York, acquired from the above
Chaim and Renee Gross, New York, acquired from the above between 1943 and 1944

Duveen Graham Gallery, New York, The Classical Art of Negro Africa, November 26 - December 14, 1957 (additional venue: Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, January 8 - February 9, 1958)
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)

Duveen Graham Gallery, The Classical Art of Negro Africa, 1957, cat. 56 (not ill.)

Good condition overall; age crack through base and proper left foot; another age crack through proper left earlobe and in front of ear; hairline cracks through clay frame of mirror; pants torn and restitched; attachments extremely fragile and partially restitched; aged patina, with residue.
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