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Headdress frontlet, Wood, abalone shell, pigment, and nails, Tsimshian
, Native American — Headdress frontlet
Tsimshian , Native American
ca. 1820–40

Mask, Wood, pigment, vegetal fiber, iron nails, and feathers, Yup'ik, Native American — Mask
Yup'ik, Native American
ca. 1900

Untitled, Kazuko Miyamoto Japanese, String and nails — Untitled
Kazuko Miyamoto
1977

Desk chair (Fauteuil de bureau), Carved walnut; leather upholstery, brass nails, French — Desk chair (Fauteuil de bureau)
French
ca. 1750

Seated mother and child from an ikoro drum(?), Mbembe artist, Wood, pigment, resin, nails, Mbembe peoples — Seated mother and child from an ikoro drum(?)
Mbembe artist
15th–17th century

Iphri shrine, Urhobo artist, Wood, iron nails, pigment, Urhobo peoples — Iphri shrine
Urhobo artist
19th–20th century

Fragments of a cart or chariot, hook, nails, double strip, Bronze, Etruscan — Fragments of a cart or chariot, hook, nails, double strip
Etruscan
ca. 500–480 BCE

Silver earring with nail-head pendant, Silver, Cypriot — Silver earring with nail-head pendant
Cypriot
6th century BCE

Ganagana (ancestor figure), Toba Batak artist, Wood, fiber, tradecloth, horse hair, cowrie shells, glass beads, brass, iron nails, bone, seeds, feathers, Toba Batak people — Ganagana (ancestor figure)
Toba Batak artist
late 19th–early 20th century

Boho na bwete (face of the ancestor), Mahongwe-Kota artist, Wood, copper alloy sheet, copper alloy sheet-wire filaments, copper-alloy wire, iron and copper-alloy nails, Kota peoples, Mahongwe group — Boho na bwete (face of the ancestor)
Mahongwe-Kota artist
1879–early 20th century

Nimm crest, Ejagham artist, Wood, animal hide, cane, twine, cloth, lead, nails, pigment, resin, Ejagham peoples — Nimm crest
Ejagham artist
19th–mid-20th century

Gẹ̀lẹ̀dẹ́ helmet mask, Fagbite Asamu, Wood, iron nails, pigment, Yoruba peoples, Ketu group — Gẹ̀lẹ̀dẹ́ helmet mask
Fagbite Asamu
Falola Edun
ca. 1930–71

Ceremonial digging stick, Chincha artist(s), Wood, silver, nails, Inca — Ceremonial digging stick
Chincha artist(s)
1200–1535 CE

Ȯkyeame poma (royal spokesperson’s staff) with spider’s web and figures, Asante-Akan artist, Wood, gold foil, nails, Akan — Ȯkyeame poma (royal spokesperson’s staff) with spider’s web and figures
Asante-Akan artist
19th–early 20th century

Kagle face mask, Dan artist, Wood, brass, nails, cane, mud, Dan peoples — Kagle face mask
Dan artist
19th–late 20th century

Nail, Iron — Nail
306–30 B.C.

Nail, Bronze or copper alloy — Nail
30 B.C.–A.D. 346

Nail, Bronze or copper alloy — Nail
30 B.C.–A.D. 364

Nail, Bronze or copper alloy — Nail
30 B.C.–A.D. 346

Nail, Bronze or copper alloy — Nail
30 B.C.–A.D. 346

Wise Like That, Whitfield Lovell American, Charcoal on wood panel with iron hinge, nails, screws and found metal and wood objects — Wise Like That
Whitfield Lovell
2000

Bursa Reliquary, Bone, paint, copper gilt, iron brads, and sycamore wood, North Italian — Bursa Reliquary
North Italian
10th century

Chair (chaise à la Reine) (one of a set of four), Jean-Baptiste I Tilliard French, Beechwood unusually richly carved and gilded; previously upholstered with coral colored velvet attached with brass-headed nails, now upholstered in yellow petit point, French, Paris — Chair (chaise à la Reine) (one of a set of four)
Jean-Baptiste I Tilliard
ca. 1745–1750

Chair (chaise à la Reine) (one of a set of four), Jean-Baptiste I Tilliard French, Beechwood unusually richly carved and gilded; previously upholstered with coral colored velvet attached with brass-headed nails, now upholstered in yellow petit point, French, Paris — Chair (chaise à la Reine) (one of a set of four)
Jean-Baptiste I Tilliard
ca. 1745–1750

A. H. Davenport

Keeler & Co.

ca. 1895

ca. 1295–1070 B.C.

ca. 1295–1070 B.C.

ca. 1295–1070 B.C.

ca. 1295–1070 B.C.

ca. 1295–1070 B.C.

ca. 1295–1070 B.C.

ca. 1295–1070 B.C.

ca. 1295–1070 B.C.

ca. 1981–1640 B.C.

Crucifix, Figure and scroll: ivory; cross: wood, painted black; nails: iron, Italian — Crucifix
Italian
18th century

Nail file (part of a set), Steel, ivory, Russian — Nail file (part of a set)
Russian
1848–49

Nail file, Silver, British, London — Nail file
British, London
1874–75

Wall nail, Ceramic, glaze, Iran — Wall nail
Iran
ca. 9th century BCE

Crucifix, Solid cast brass (Christ), solid cast copper alloy (halo); hollow cast bronze (three end pieces), brass sheet (one end piece), solid cast copper alloy (Mary); forged copper and brass (nails), wood, Kongo peoples; Kongo Kingdom — Crucifix
Kongo peoples; Kongo Kingdom
16th–17th century with later additions

Triple Crucifix, Kongo artist, Open-back cast brass (central figure), solid cast brass (top and bottom figures), forged iron nails, brass, copper, wood, ultramarine pigment, Kongo — Triple Crucifix
Kongo artist
16th–17th century (central figure); 18th–19th century (top and bottom figures)