possibly de la Burde collection, according to Douglas Newton;
to Entwistle Gallery, Paris;
whence bought by the Australian National Gallery, Canberra, February 1981
The collecting history of this work of art is partial. The National Gallery of Australia welcomes further information regarding its history of ownership.
Robert Bleakley, African masks, New York: St. Martin's Press 1978, cat.20, illus. col. [no p. no.] as ‘Owo craftsmen working in Benin’ and collection Lance Entwistle’