Fetish object · Benin, Fon · ID: 3037556
sold
EUR 600
Size
H: 18 cm
H: 7.1 inch
Description
lower jaw bone of an animal with a conglomerate of padlocks, attached to cord for suspension, the whole object coated with indigo blue pigment, traces of corrosion, minor missing parts;
symbolically the function of the padlock is to seal the incantatory words of its mission within the object - literally, the hopes one has placed in it.
The object Fetish object with the object ID 3037556 was last part of the auction 78th tribal art auction at October 18, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 279 achieved a sales price of EUR 600.
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