fetish calabash - FON - Benin

Voodoo altar protection fetish - Fon (Benin)

Height 15 cm
A calabash with a Hevioso axe and cowrie shells, which contained the magical decoction, serves as the support for this powerful fetish.
Patina of blood libations.

Voodoo is the cultural foundation of the Adja peoples (including the Fons, the Gouns, the Ewe … and to a certain extent the Yoruba…) peoples who constitute an important part of the populations south of the Gulf of Benin states (Benin, Togo, Ghana, Nigeria…).