Figure
Nail Fetish
AF5361A
Location: On Display in the Africa Galleries
From: Maritime Congo | Loango District | Yombe
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF5361A |
| Current Location | Africa Galleries - On Display |
| Provenience | Maritime Congo | Loango District | Yombe |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood |
| Description | 2017: Tall nail fetish, missing the nails. Very old wood with many nail holes and a crack in the base. No hands and arms are attached to the sides as well as a crack through the head on one side. It also has a long neck. Per 1929 catalogue card: Very old. Hard wood, worm eaten and weathered, most nail holes empty. |
| Height | 65.25 cm |
| Credit Line | Received from various sources, pre-1929 |
| Other Number | AF5361 - Original Number | AF536 - Other Number | CG2017-8-6 - Found in Collection Number |
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