Statue of Hindenburg - nail-driving fetish-worship

Statue of Hindenburg in Berlin, famous for having nails driven into it during the First World War. The Illustrated London News featured the photograph in a spread comparing this with the custom in West Africa for driving nails and blades into wooden idols as a way of warding off bad luck or punishing miscreants

Counterpart Custom Driven Effigy Fetish Hindenburg Idols Nail Nails

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