Negro Head Corner, Arkansas

Negro Head Corner is an unincorporated community in Woodruff County, Arkansas, United States, located about 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Augusta.

[2] The area is named for an oak sculpture of a Black man's head that was once displayed at the corner of a farm near the crossroads.

It was carved by Wade Antney, who farmed the land first as an enslaved person and then later as the owner.

[3] However, due to the presence of Bakongo-based Hoodoo in Arkansas, it is more plausible that the sculpture was a face nkisi,[according to whom?]

In American conjure tradition, these figures and charms are often placed in the corner of a house or property, which represents the Kalûnga line and Kongo cross.

Map of Arkansas highlighting Woodruff County