FEMALE ANCESTOR STATUE

Nyamwezi or Sukuma, Tanzania, 19th century
Wood; height 82.6 cm
provenance

René Withofs, Brussels, 1970s or earlier
K. John Hewett, Bog Farm, acquired from the above
Merton D. Simpson, New York, acquired from the above, 1970s
Walter Randel, New York, acquired from the above
Merton D. Simpson, New York, acquired from the above
K. John Hewett, Bog Farm, acquired from the above
Robin Symes, London, acquired from the above in 1982
Sold by Heinrich Schweizer to a Private Collection, 2007

exhibited

The Royal Academy of Arts, London, Africa: The Art of a Continent, October 5, 1995 – January 28, 1996
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Africa: The Art of a Continent, June 5 – September 29, 1996

published

Tom Phillips (ed.), Africa: The Art of a Continent, 1995, p. 160, fig. 2.46

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