Medicinal flask - Ado - Yoruba - Nigeria

Beautiful bronze flask, made in the shape of a calabasse; hence the Yoruba name for calabasse was used for this item. On three legs. Eyes were made so that the flask/bottle could be lifted and the pin would not get lost. In the traditional Yoruba culture healers or "Babalawo,s" use these flasks to preserve powerful potions , ointments or medical fluids. This "Ado' is 23 cm. high. Nice dark patina, pointing to long usage. Collected in Benin in the late 1990,s. Beautiful collector,s item!