Nail Figure
Date1875/1900
MediumWood with screws, nails, blades, cowrie shell and other materials
Dimensions46 inches (116.84 cm)
Credit LineFounders Society Purchase, Eleanor Clay Ford Fund for African Art
Object number76.79
ClassificationsSculpture
Curator NotesStanding 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.
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