Fetish figure - Benin

FETICHE Janus VAUDOU -FON - TOGO

Amazing Ewe Bocio fetish made as part of the Voodoo or Vodun rite.

45 cms

Wood covered with a thick crusty sacrificial patina and various magical objects and charms attached.

Traditional magic and divination
Anthropomorphic African statuette composed of a body wrapped in a very thick sacrificial patina and rope. These fetishes are called botchio or bocio.
The soothsayer has a fetish made for his client which will solve his problems, protect him or bring misfortune upon an enemy individual.
They were and still are today used for voodoo or vodun worship.