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Fon protection fetish - Skulptur - Benin (Utan reservationspris)
Nr 88162539
Fon protection fetish - Skulptur - Benin (Utan reservationspris)
The Fon people also called Agbeja or Dahomeans are the largest ethnic group in Benin Republic a west African country which shares boundaries with Nigeria to the east and Togo to the west and Burkina Faso and Niger in the north- west and north- east respectively.
They speak the Fon language a member of the Gbe languages.
Fon protection fetches are made to act as protection to the owner, they are accumulative statues made up of various objects bound together and covered with a covering of white kaolin and blue pigments.
This charming little fetish is female judging from its corn row hair do and has an accumulation of objects tied round is with cord, Part of the object in the accumulation of a metal double hooked object Hevioso (also Xevso)which is the symbol of the thunder God.
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