Bamileke-Bangwa Headdress for the Night Society, Grassfields, Cameroon

Harry A. Franklin, Beverly Hills, acquired in the 1970s
Valerie B. Franklin, Beverly Hills, acquired by descent from the above
Sotheby’s, New York, The Harry A. Franklin Family Collection of African Art, April 21, 1990, lot 196
Austin Newton, Princeton, New Jersey, acquired at the above auction

Tamara Northern, Expressions of Cameroon Art: The Franklin Collection, Los Angeles, 1986, p. 66, cat. no. 59

Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Expressions of Cameroon Art: The Franklin Collection, February 1 – November 15, 1986; additional venues: The Baltimore Museum of Art, June 1 – September 6, 1987; The Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 5, 1987 – January 3, 1988; The Dayton Art Institute, June 6 – September 4, 1988; The Flint Institute of Arts, October 3, 1988 – January 8, 1989; The Palo Alto Cultural Center, October 7 – December 31, 1989