| Object Number | 29-94-24 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Maritime Congo |
| Date Made | 19th - Early 20th Century CE |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood | Brass | Metal |
| Iconography | Male |
| Description | "Nail Fetish." Wooden, thickly studded with nails, etc. "Medicine" casket removed, only mirror remains; "medicine" cap also removed. For type cf. smaller figures in Museum collection listed on card AF 5174 and the large figure 30-46-2. See reference there and also Pechuel-Loesche, Volkskunde von Loango, p. 347, pp. 377, 379, 380, 388, 391 ff. ("Hauptfetische" and "Gerichtsfetische"); Dennett. At the Back of the Black Man's Mind, frontispiece. |
| Height | 83.3 cm |
| Width | 41 cm |
| Depth | 38.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Received from various sources, pre-1929 |
| Other Number | AF5361B - Other Number |
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