Fetish object
Benin, Fon
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.