"A BENIN HUMAN MASK with finely cast features, the cheeks and hair decorated with toad-like animals, the lower part of the face supported on two legs, the whole with scallop shell border, in brass, 7 1/2 in, fine condition."
summary of curatorial notes archival research thus far summer 2021notes
A. R. Wright collection, sold by Sotheby's, October 31, 1933
Provenance research re: A. R. Wright’s collection is ongoing. Wright was the "sometime president of the Folk Lore Society" according to Sotheby's sale of his collection that took place on 10/31/1933
1933 (October 31): Sold at Sotheby’s & Co auction [lot 73], listed as part of “A. R. Wright collection” to Sir Henry Wellcome Collection
1965 Gift of Wellcome Trust to Fowler Museum (then Museum and Laboratories of Ethnic Arts and Technology)