A big Kongo nail fetish
From a private Belgian family who had a plantation in Congo,
this impressive nail fetish has been brought back just after World War II and is
to be dated from the 30's ... Price: 14,000 €uro. Height: 1m 13 cm.


I had an anthropologist this week in my
gallery, who told me the sub-style of this Bakongo is Tchi Loango River and that
it looks to be from the same style as the one in the Linden Museum
FIG
6.
STANDING FIGURE WITH
NAILS AND RECEPTACLE. WOOD
AND MIXED MEDIA. YUMBE. 3' 4".
LINDEN MUSEUM, STUTTGART
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FIG
6.
STANDING FIGURE WITH
NAILS AND RECEPTACLE. WOOD
AND MIXED MEDIA. YUMBE. 3' 4".
LINDEN MUSEUM, STUTTGART
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FIG
6.
STANDING FIGURE WITH
NAILS AND RECEPTACLE. WOOD
AND MIXED MEDIA. YUMBE. 3' 4".
LINDEN MUSEUM, STUTTGART |
FIG
6.
STANDING FIGURE WITH
NAILS AND RECEPTACLE. WOOD
AND MIXED MEDIA. YUMBE. 3' 4".
LINDEN MUSEUM, STUTTGART |
FIG
6. Standing figure
with nails and receptacle. Wood and mixed media.
YUMBE.
3' 4".
LINDEN MUSEUM, STUTTGART
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