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Mami Wata

Chéri Samba, 1978

Mami Wata by Chéri Samba, 1978, oil on flour sack
Medium: oil on flour sack
Dimensions: 50 cm x 60 cm (19.7 in x 23.6 in)
Year: 1978
Provenance: Galerie Bilinelli, Paris
Exhibited: Chéri Samba, retrospective, Provinciaal Museum voor Moderne Kunst (PMMK), Ostend, 21 October 1990–7 January 1991

Provenance and exhibition history: Galerie Bilinelli stamp and PMMK exhibition label on the reverse. The exhibition label records the work as Sans titre, 1978.

PMMK retrospective: exhibition poster, 1990–1991.