Fetish
29-59-7
Location: On Display in the Africa Galleries
From: Angola
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 29-59-7 |
| Current Location | Africa Galleries - On Display |
| Culture | Ambundu |
| Provenience | Angola |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood | Fiber | Iron |
| Description | Wood with inlaid metal eyes. Male figure. Wears woven raffia skirt. Hundreds of nail holes; only a few nails now remaining. One of the principal images of the village. |
| Height | 83.5 cm |
| Width | 26 cm |
| Depth | 24 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Henry C. Mercer, 1927 |
| Other Number | Mercer unknown - Old Museum Number | 31 - Collector Number | 15A - Other Number |
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