The Mysterious Wooden Dog with nails in his back found on the Thames

[jeff of pa]

I Just lost respect for Her.
will not watch Beyond the Point where she said She'll let it there
Coolest Find Ever & It probably Washed away




looks like it has glue on the back too.
was probably glued and nailed to a wall from behind, so the nails could not be seen.
but still cool, even if it were not done by someone with an overactive imagination

 

[Red-Coat]

If you watch through to the end, she did actually go back and recover it, after it was identified by people who saw her pictures on Twitter (notably Professor Dan Hicks and Theo Weiss).

It’s a ritual “power figure” from the Democratic Republic of Congo, known as a “Nkisi Kondi” and likely late 19th or early 20th Century. These are made in many forms – often human – and this one is a dog figure known as a “Nkisi Kozo”. Quite how it ended up in the Thames is a mystery, but it was a really interesting find.

There’s some general information about these figures in this short video


and in this article:
https://artmuseum.princeton.edu/story/authority-embodied-nkisi

 

[jeff of pa]

Thanks Much Red___ I will now go back & watch it !
it seriously Upset me a So Called Treasure Hunter, even under a Different Title would discard an obvious Relic