Fetish figure - Ewe - Togo - Venavi

Venavi Twin Ewe, Togo.
H. 19 cm.

Wood, with a deep patina of use.
Statuettes for the cult of twins.

Among the Ewe, these representations are called Venavi and Hohovi among the Fon.

the EWE live in a coastal area extending from Ghana, Togo and Benin to the borders of Nigeria.
They practice a twin cult very similar to that of the Yoruba, and it is in this context that these statuettes are produced; the styles vary greatly, sometimes depending on proximity influences (Akan on the Ghanaian side, Yoruba on the Nigerian side)...