Description : WEST AFRICAN FETISH DOLL The wood figure is depicted with a raised arm, possibly once holding a weapon, and is covered from the neck down with nails, 41.5cm high. Footnotes: Also known as Nkondi figures, these religious idols associated with aggressive spirits, the act of driving nails into the body of such figures is said to awaken spirits to enact their protective purpose.
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n° 305 Titre : West African Fetish Doll Dimensions : 41.5cm high Notes : Ethnographic & Tribal Art