Nail Figure
Date1875/1900
Object PlaceCongo (Democratic Republic), Central Africa, Africa
MediumWood with screws, nails, blades, cowrie shell and other materials
ClassificationsSculpture
Dimensions46 inches (116.84 cm)
Credit LineFounders Society Purchase, Eleanor Clay Ford Fund for African Art
Object number76.79
DescriptionStanding figure with arms at sides, eyes inlaid with whiteware shards. Large cowrie shell affixed to navel. Numerous hammered nails and pieces of iron driven into chest and abdomen.On View
On viewLocations
- Exhibition Demo Museum (Hanover Square), Level 2, African, Gallery 1
ProvenanceFormerly in the Collection of:
Museum fur Volkerkunde, Leipzig.
20th Century
19th/20th Century
19th Century
c. 1880
1880/1900
1848
purchased in December, 1947
