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A rare Afo headcrest
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
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Description
rising from a pierced, square base, supporting an avian figure with muscular legs and an arching body and helmet-shaped snout supporting another avian figure at the back; '666' on the base; aged and varied blackened patina overall.
Provenance
Acquired from Simon du Chastel, Brussels, February 10, 1977
Exhibited
Brussels, Gallery Alexandra Monett, Arts d'Afrique Noire, 1976
Hanover, New Hampshire, Dartmouth College Museum and Galleries, Hopkins Center, Nigerian Splendor, April 12 - May 18, 1980
New York, Museum for African Art, Animals in African Art: From the Familiar to the Marvelous, March 31 - December 31, 1995
Hanover, New Hampshire, Dartmouth College Museum and Galleries, Hopkins Center, Nigerian Splendor, April 12 - May 18, 1980
New York, Museum for African Art, Animals in African Art: From the Familiar to the Marvelous, March 31 - December 31, 1995
Literature
Chastel 1976: 60
Dartmouth College Museum and Galleries 1980: figure 139
Roberts 1995: 127, figure 42
Catalogue Note
Cf. Robbins and Nooter (1989: 282, figure 733) for a closely related headcrest.