A very similar bowl (with a cover) was collected by Leon Underwood in 1945-46 and is now in the collection of Katherine White Reswick (see Fagg, 1968, no.107). In the catalogue entry Fagg cites the bowl as: ...a fine example of the style of Baname, the carvers' village not far from Abomey, the capital of the Fon Kingdom.
The style is "evolved", and most of their products go to Europeans, but many of their works at that time had a real sculptural quality.