Kota-Obamba Reliquary Guardian Figure, Gabon

J. [Joseph?] Laporte, Chateau Neuf, Créon, Gironde, acquired by 1929

The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (inv. no. 29-12-243), Philadelphia, acquired from the above in 1929

(Probably) University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, A Collection of African Art to be Sold at Auction for the Benefit of a Proposed Expedition To Africa By The University Museum, April 16, 1936, lot 36

Simon E. Bourgin, Washington, D.C., acquired in the 1960s

Bequeathed by the above to the present owner

The Museum of African Art, Washington, D.C., African Art in Washington Collections, May 25, 1972 - January 1, 1973

Warren M. Robbins, African Art in Washington Collections, Washington, D.C., 1973, p. 41, fig. 294