An Important Pendant with Bird/Man Figure and Mudfish

IFE, NIGERIA

Circa 18th century
Copper alloy, glass beads
Height: 8 in, 20 cm
Provenance:

Merton Simpson (1928–2013), New York

Barry Hecht Collection, Maryland

PUBLICATION HISTORY
Animals in African Art. From the Familiar to the Marvelous’, by Roberts (Allen F.), New York: The Museum for African Art, 1995:100,#99

EXHIBITION HISTORY
New York, USA: ‘Animals in African Art: From the Familiar to the Marvelous’, The Museum for African Art, 31 March–31 December 1995; additional venues:
– Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts,
2 February – April 1996
– Omaha, Nebraska, Joslyn Art Museum, 18 May–14 July 1996
– Charlotte, North Carolina, The Mint Museum, September–December 1996
– Dallas, Texas, Dallas Museum of Art, 2 February–27 April 1997

Item Number:
805
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