Fetish figure - Ewe - Togo - Voodoo altar fetish

Head, fragment of a statue, probably a village protective post.
Ewe Vaudou Fetish Ewhé (Togo).
35 cm.

Hardwood, fabric, black iron, patina of blood and libations.


This Ewe fetish from Togo is a ritual object of voodoo.
It is a statuette dedicated to communication with the deities of the Voodoo pantheon.
Voodoo was born from the meeting of the traditional cults of the Yoruba gods and the Fon and Ewe deities,
during the creation and subsequent expansion of the Fon kingdom of Abomey in the 17th and 18th centuries.