Fetish figure - FON - Benin - Shaman's apron

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Title: Tablier de féticheur; Origin: Benin; Ethnic group: Fon; Provenance: Vaudou ritual object associated with the Fon people (Togo).

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Tablier? Vodou fetish object - FON (Togo)

Height 55 cm
Beautiful potion of libations, magical charges, black iron, Hévioso's axe, mirrors, glasses.

Vodou has integrated Catholic rites and conceptions, thus making it acceptable.
Thus was born the 'Christian voodoo'.
In the 1950s, the Vatican made peace with voodoo.

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

Tablier? Vodou fetish object - FON (Togo)

Height 55 cm
Beautiful potion of libations, magical charges, black iron, Hévioso's axe, mirrors, glasses.

Vodou has integrated Catholic rites and conceptions, thus making it acceptable.
Thus was born the 'Christian voodoo'.
In the 1950s, the Vatican made peace with voodoo.

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

Details

Era
1900-2000
Title additional information
Shaman's apron
Material
Wood
Country of Origin
Benin
Ethnic group/ culture
FON
Height
55 cm
Width
50 cm
Sold with stand
Yes
Depth
10 cm
Condition
Fair condition - heavily used & with possibly minor parts missing
Estimated Period
1960-1970
FranceVerified
554
Objects sold
100%
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