Anthropomorphic half figure with snake

Togo / Benin, Ewe or Aja / Fon

sold EUR 500

Provenance

Gerard Sand, Brussels, Belgium
Ulrich Hoffmann, Aalen, Germany

Size

H: 33,5 cm

H: 13.2 inch

Description

terracotta, kaolin,
This figure forms the crowning of a vessel lid and was used in the Voodoo cult.

Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Erde und Erz, München 1997, p. 192, ill. 350

Aalen, Germany, Kunstverein Aalen, "Idol und Ideal", 6. Mai - 4. Juli 2004

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