Figure of an Ape (Primary Title)

Unknown (Artist)

19th-20th century
Baule
wood, iron, fiber
Côte d'Ivoire
Overall: 22 1/4 × 7 × 9 in. (56.52 × 17.78 × 22.86 cm)
82.117
Not on view
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Hilbert H. DeLawter
"The Art of Black Africa." Flint, Michigan: Flint Institute of Arts. 8 February - 5 April 1970.

"African Sculpture from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Hilbert DeLawter." Bloomfield Hills, Michigan: Cranbrook Academy of Art. 9 April -7 May 1967.

African Sculpture from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Hilbert DeLawter. Bloomfield Hills, Michigan: Cranbrook Academy of Art, 1967. (illus. 22)

Christie, Manson, and Woods International, New York, Tribal Art sale, June 14, 1979, Lot No. 416, p.71.

Flint Institute of Arts, The Art of Black Africa. Flint, Michigan: Flint Institute of Arts, 1970.

Richard B. Woodward, African Art (Richmond, VA: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1994) pp. 70-71, ill.

Woodward, Richard B. African Art: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Richmond, Virginia: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2000. (p. 70-71)
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