Nail Fetish

19th - Early 20th Century CE

Details

Title: Nail Fetish
Date Created: 19th - Early 20th Century CE
Location Created: Maritime Congo
Physical Dimensions: 83.3 x 41 x 38.5 cm
External Link: Penn Museum online collection
Medium: Wood, Brass, Metal
Object Number: 29-94-24
Descriptive Note: "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.
Credit Line: Received from various sources, pre-1929

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