Igmar Stuer
  • Wooden sacrificial pole figure Fon
  • Wooden sacrificial pole figure Fon
  • Wooden sacrificial pole figure Fon
  • Wooden sacrificial pole figure Fon
  • Wooden sacrificial pole figure Fon
  • Wooden sacrificial pole figure Fon
  • Wooden sacrificial pole figure Fon
  • Wooden sacrificial pole figure Fon
  • Wooden sacrificial pole figure Fon
  • Wooden sacrificial pole figure Fon
Wooden sacrificial pole figure Fon

1250 €


Wooden pole figure, dark sacrificial patina of mainly oil. Kudio type of Bochio, also called “guardians” are thin pole-like figures. They function as a sort of “lightning conductor” , as the figure is meant to be a substitute for the living person. The figure must attract evil forces and so spare its owner(s). The patina of oil and blood refers to the fact that this bochio protected a shrine as only Vodun priests may use that kind of offerings. Provenance: 19th to early 20th century, Fon people, Republic of Benin, collected by Ann De Pauw and Luc Huysveld
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Igmar Stuer
Address:
Hofstraat 68 ,
9451 Kerksken
Region: Gent
Country: Belgium
Tel.: +32 (0)476 57 32 70
E-mail: info@igmarstuer.be
Website: www.igmarstuer.be
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