Provenance:
René Buthaud, Bordeaux, acquired between 1920-1950
Olivier Le Corneur and Jean Roudillon, Paris, by 1968
Paul and Ruth Tishman, New York, by 1970
Jean-Paul Barbier, Geneva
Musée Barbier-Mueller, Geneva (accession no. "1019.18")
Sotheby's New York, November 18, 2000, lot 118 (cover)
Robert T. Wall Family, Telluride (accession no. "W-0061"), acquired at the above auction
Sotheby's New York, May 14, 2010: lot 133

Exhibition History:
Galerie Le Corneur - Roudillon, Paris, Collection d'un Amateur: Art Nègre, 1920 - 1950, May 17 - June 8, 1968.
The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Sculpture of Black Africa: The Paul Tishman Collection, 1970.
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond (additional venue), August 31 - November 1, 1970.
University of Texas College of Fine Arts, Austin (additional venue), February 14 - April 18, 1971.
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Ancestral Art of Gabon from the Collections of the Barbier-Mueller Museum, January 26 - June 15, 1986.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles (additional venue), August 28, 1986 - March 22, 1987.
Musée d'Arts Africains, Océaniens, Amérindiens, Marseille, Byeri Fang: Sculptures d'Ancêtres en Afrique, June 6 - September 6, 1992.
Tambaran Gallery, New York, Gabon, October 1 - 15, 2007.