Pende Maternity Figure Roof Finial, Democratic Republic of the Congo

René and Odette Delenne, Brussels, acquired before October 31, 1970

Ben Heller, New York, acquired from the above

Sotheby's, New York, The Ben Heller Collection, December 1, 1983, lot 24, consigned by the above

Acquired at the above auction by the present owner

Kunsthaus, Zürich, Die Kunst van Schwarz-Afrika, October 31, 1970 - January 17, 1971

Société Générale de Banque, Brussels, La maternité dans les arts premiers / Het Moederschap in de Primitive Kunsten, May 13 - June 30, 1977

The Museum for African Art, New York, Secrecy: African Art that Conceals and Reveals, February 13 - August 22, 1993

Elsy Leuzinger, Die Kunst von Schwarz-Afrika, Zürich, 1970, p. 280, cat. no. T 5 (illustrated), and p. 402, cat. no. T 5 (listed); also published in English as The Art of Black Africa, New York, 1972, p. 296, cat. no. T 5 (illustrated and listed)

Elsy Leuzinger, The Art of Black Africa, New York, 1977, p. 175, cat. no. 175, and p. 183, cat. no. 175 (illustrated), and p. 249, cat. no. 175 (listed)

Roger Vokaer, ed., La maternité dans les arts premiers / Het Moederschap in de Primitieve Kunsten, Brussels, 1977, p. 73, cat. no. 68 (illustrated)

[Unsigned], "La maternité dans les arts premiers / Het Moederschap in de Primitieve Kunsten", G-Magazine, 1977, p. 3 (illustrated)

John McKesson, "La Vente Ben Heller", Arts d'Afrique Noire, No. 49, Spring, 1984, p. 50 (illustrated)

"The Mnuchin Collection in New York", Galeries, June - July, 1988, No. 88 (illustrated)

Mary H. Nooter, "Secrecy: African Art that Conceals and Reveals [Exhibition Preview]", African Arts, Vol. 26, No. 1, January, 1993, p. 64, fig. 14 (illustrated)

Mary H. Nooter, ed., Secrecy: African Art that Conceals and Reveals, New York, 1993, p. 174, cat. no. 40 (illustrated)