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Freddy · 16th November 2008, 05:43 PM

Peter,

You will find African fetish statues in many different styles. Mostly, people think of the 'nail-covered' statues of the Kongo-tribe in Congo, like the one David showed.

But there are many other 'forms'.

Here is one of my collection. It comes from West-Africa. More exactly the Benin/Nigeria border region. It's a power statue of the Nago-tribe.

To this piece some ironwork was added to its head. If I'm correct, this has something to do with the god of thunder.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...man/f234vs.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...man/f234ks.jpg

16th November 2008, 05:43 PM	#8
Freddy Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sint-Amandsberg (near Ghent, Belgium) Posts: 830	Peter, You will find African fetish statues in many different styles. Mostly, people think of the 'nail-covered' statues of the Kongo-tribe in Congo, like the one David showed. But there are many other 'forms'. Here is one of my collection. It comes from West-Africa. More exactly the Benin/Nigeria border region. It's a power statue of the Nago-tribe. To this piece some ironwork was added to its head. If I'm correct, this has something to do with the god of thunder. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...man/f234vs.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...man/f234ks.jpg