Afo Metal and Wood Fetish Nigeria

Overall Condition: Fair to Poor. Most of our pieces have spent decades on at least two continents, and have been treasured by several owners.

Damage/Repair: chipped wood on front, cracks throughout the wood piece, see photos for more details.

The Eloyi people (also known as Afo, a name given them by their Islamic Hausa neighbors) live north of the Benue River and east of the Niger-Benue confluence in Nigeria, to the southeast of Nasarawa. At the time of this study (1969/70) Nasawara was part of Benue-Plateau State, the capital of which was Jos. It is now in Nasarawa State, to which it has given its name, but the state capital is Lafia to the east

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