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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Kota Artist, Late 19th-early 20th century
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Kota Artist

Late 19th-early 20th century
Helmet Mask, emboli
Gabon
Wood, pigment
Dimensions: 26 1/2 x 14 x 13 in (67.3 x 35.6 x 33 cm)
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  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 1 ) Kota Artist, Late 19th-early 20th century
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Provenance

Field collected by Christian Duponcheel, Brussels, 1966

Ex Bruce Vogel, New York

Ex private collection, New York, 1990-2025

Publications

Leuzinger, Elsy. Die Kunst von Schwarz-Afrika. Recklinghausen: Verlag Aurel Bongers, 1970, p. 257, fig. R14

Leuzinger, Elsy. The Art of Black Africa. New York: Rizzoli International, 1976, p. 106, 227

LaGamma, Alisa. Eternal Ancestors: The Art of the Central African Reliquary. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2007, p. 298, no. 109

Crichton-Miller, Emma. "Collectors' Focus-African tribal art", Apollo. July/August 2016. p.82, fig.1

Exhibitions

Die Kunst von Schwarz-Afrika. Kunsthaus Zurich, 31 October 1970 - 17 January 1971

Eternal Ancestors. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2 October 2007 - 2 March 2008

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