Adjakpa fetish - Bone - Vaudou Vodun - Ewe - Togo

Voodoo fetish, Ewe culture, Togo. H. 16cm - L. 38cm - W. 13cm Custom base Superb and powerful Voodoo fetish linked to the worship of Adjakpa. This cult around the crocodile brings individual or community protection. The composition is worthy of the greatest Western surrealist artists. The fetish seems to levitate or float in the air. It represents a sort of mystical boat composed of a crocodile skull, a dog's jaw, a calabash, a padlock and a pottery from which a head emerges. Note a dark area at the back of the skull, a magical charge seems to have been introduced. The whole has a beautiful patina composed of shea butter, kaolin and other more mysterious substances. It is a rare and powerful work that has no equal. I nicknamed it "Ewe spaceship" or "The Ewe spaceship". A beautiful old and authentic Voodoo altar collector's item. Circa 1950. Origin : - Private collection, Vienna, Austria.