The Afo-A-Kom, which means the Kom thing (also Mbang in the Kom language) is a 62.5 in (159 cm) wooden stylized carving of a standing man, crowned and holding a scepter, behind a stool …

2018年8月16日 · In 1966, this sacred carved figure was stolen from the kingdom of Kom in east Cameroon, only to reappear several years later for sale in a gallery in Manhattan. Hopkins will …

Afo-a-Kom USA is a nonprofit cultural and development association of the Kom people in the United States of America that initiates or supports ideas, projects and programs for the …

The Afo-A-Kom is far from the world's greatest piece of art—or even Africa's. A 5-ft. 2½in. image of a king, it is rather crudely carved in iroko wood, the t...

immediate and joyous exclamation — “A kèynà nɨ ghɨ Afo a Kòm” (This is a thing from Kom) which led to the now more common name of the object “Afo-a-Kom.” This was a show of pride from …

The Afo-A-Kom is a wooden sculpture sacred to the Kom people, a tribal population of Cameroon. In 1966, it was stolen and subsequently sold to a New York art dealer. In 1973, the Cameroon …

2013年5月4日 · The Afo Akom, the legendary sacred art work of the Kom people, was stolen from the Kom palace in Laikom and sold to an American Arts dealer in 1966. It was discovered and …

Made between 1889 and 1905, this Afo-A-Kom was made for a high-ranking Kom noble who used the statue as an expression of unity and social stability in exercising his authority. The piece is …

50 years ago, this coming November, following a seven-year unwilling stay in the United States, Mbang Kom, popularly known as Afo-a-Kom (The Kom Thing), began its journey back home. …

1973年12月14日 · The Afo‐A‐Kom, the centuryold beaded statue regarded with reverence by the people of the tiny West African kingdom of Kom, came home today to the mountaintop village …