Fetish - Wood - Benin
Ewe Culture, Togo. Height: 23 cm. Wood, fabric, metal, blood, feathers, calabash, magical loads. . . Powerful fetish composed of a figure leaning on the calabash, covered of a crust of blood and soil. Serpentine irons for the Dan and axe irons for the Hevioso/Shango are also present. Beau composition full of life and mystery. Authentic and ancient object of Voodoo cult. Around 1950.
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Ewe Culture, Togo. Height: 23 cm. Wood, fabric, metal, blood, feathers, calabash, magical loads. . . Powerful fetish composed of a figure leaning on the calabash, covered of a crust of blood and soil. Serpentine irons for the Dan and axe irons for the Hevioso/Shango are also present. Beau composition full of life and mystery. Authentic and ancient object of Voodoo cult. Around 1950.