Afo-A-Kom
Subtitle: sacred art of Cameroon
By: by Fred Ferretti.
Publisher: Third Press
Published: 1975
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 145
Subjects: Afo-A-Kom (Statue); Wood sculpture, Cameroon.; Art thefts -- Cameroon.; Kom (African people)
Description: "In 1966 the century-old statue, Afo-A-Kom, mysteriously disappeared from its sanctuary in the remote Cameroon Kingdom of Kom, triggering a world-wide search that ended in a New York art gallery in the Fall of 1973. The story of Afo-A-Kom, how its absence threatened the very existence of the Kom people, and its eventual return to its home, are ... told by the journalist whose stories of Afo-A-Kom aroused immense international interest when they appeared on the front pages of The New York Times"--Dustjacket.