A finely carved wooden headdress with zoomorphic / snakes entwined with a openwork form, on conical base to be worn as a headdress. The headdress has been painted with kaolin clay and laundry blue pigments.
 
Afo peoples, Nigeria, Africa.
 
The dance crest measures 13 x 8 inches.
 
Provenance: Ex William Wright Gallery,New York, Ex Eugene Netzer collection, NY.
Condition:  Well handled and worn, weathered, repairs to serpent heads, what remains is stable.