Fetish - Losso - Togo
Losso / Lamba fetish from northern Togo
H. : 19. 5 cm
Hard and heavy wood.
In the north of Togo, near the Ewé of voodoo culture, live the Lamba called Losso or Nawdba by the colonial administration, who use anthropomorphic fetishes of summary structure in order to protect themselves from multiple nuisances. They sometimes place them in their granaries or even in the henhouses.
Some Lamba are also found in Benin and in the border area of Ghana.
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Losso / Lamba fetish from northern Togo
H. : 19. 5 cm
Hard and heavy wood.
In the north of Togo, near the Ewé of voodoo culture, live the Lamba called Losso or Nawdba by the colonial administration, who use anthropomorphic fetishes of summary structure in order to protect themselves from multiple nuisances. They sometimes place them in their granaries or even in the henhouses.
Some Lamba are also found in Benin and in the border area of Ghana.
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