Commemorative Head of a Chief (uhunmwun-elao)

by 1973, in the collection of "R. S." (Berlin, Germany) [1]; by 1997, when included in a catalogue of the Bareiss Family Collection, in the ownership of Walter and Molly Bareiss (Greenwich, CT) (inv. #346); 11 November 2004, sold by Walter and Molly Bareiss via Sotheby’s New York "African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art" auction [sale #8029, lot 72] to Elvehjem Museum of Art [now called Chazen Museum of Art]. [1] As published in Schaedler’s "African Art in Private German Collections." [Last researched by Chazen staff 20 August 2021];

• Roy, Christopher D. "Kilengi: African Art from the Bareiss Family Collection." Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1997. pp. 45, 301, 406, no. 199
• Sotheby's, New York. "African, Oceanic, and Pre-Columbian Art," Nov. 11, 2004. lot 72
• Chazen Museum of Art. "Bulletin 2003-2007." Madison: Chazen Museum of Art, 2010. p. 55
• Schadler, Karl-Ferdinand. "African Art in Private German Collections." Munich: Munchner Buchgewebehaus, 1973. no. 279
• Rarey, Matthew Francis and Henry John Drewal. "Never at Rest: African Art at the University of Wisconsin." African Arts, vol 53, no. 4 (2020): 68-85. fig. 6
• Chazen Museum of Art. "re:mancipation." Madison, WI: Chazen Museum of Art, 2024. pp. 71, 92

• re:mancipation: Chazen Museum of Art, 2/6/2023–6/25/2023
• Perspectives: African Art from the Bareiss Family Collection: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 4/16/2004–5/15/2005
• Kilengi: African Art from the Bareiss Family Collection: Kestner Gesellschaft, 1/1/1997–1/10/2000

• Africa
• Sculpture

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