A LUBA IVORY PENDANT, Democratic Republic of the Congo

carved of hippopotamus (hippopotamus amphibius) tooth.

John J. Klejman, New York
Chaim and Renee Gross, New York, acquired from the above in 1952

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)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, African Ivories, June 26 - December 30, 1984

Arnold Rubin, The Sculptor's Eye, Washington, D.C., 1976, p. 77, cat. 67
Kate Ezra, African Ivories, New York, 1984, p. 29, cat. 56 (not ill.)
Warren M. Robbins and Nancy I. Nooter, African Art in American collects ions, Washington and London, 1989, p. 454, fig. 1169

Good condition overall; cracks through the reverse of the figure as seen on photographs; nail inserted into the bottom for mounting; exceptionally fine creamy yellowish patina with residue.
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