African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art

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Lot 268
  • 268

A rare West African, probably Akan, brass pendant

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Description

cast, in form of an animal skull, probably an ape, with elongated face ending in teeth and large round openings for the eyes and an openwork triangle on the forehead; exceptionally fine patina.

Provenance

Jacob Epstein, London
Carlo Monzino Collection

Exhibited

London, The Arts Council of Great Britain, The Epstein Collection of Primitive and Exotic Sculpture, March 25 - April 23, 1960
New York, The Center for African Art, African Aesthetics: The Carlo Monzino Collection, May 7 - September 7, 1986

Literature

Vogel 1986: 200, number 154
Bassani and McLeod 1989: 95, number 158