Nail Figure
Date:
1875/1900
Medium:
Wood with screws, nails, blades, cowrie shell and other materials
Dimensions:
46 inches (116.84 cm)
Credit Line:
Founders Society Purchase, Eleanor Clay Ford Fund for African Art
Object number:
76.79
Standing 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.
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