Figure "bochio wutuji" · Benin, Fon · ID: 3041152
sold
EUR 600
Size
H: 65,5 cm
H: 25.8 inch
Description
wood, arms and torso closely wrapped in fabric with two small knives inserted, bowl-shaped package with magical loading in front of the belly, plugged in iron spout, nearly completely covered with thick encrusted sacrificial patina (feathers among others), metal base;
“wutuji bochio” means as much as “swollen” or “pregnant bochio”. It should thus be referred to fertility and pregnancy, but to sickness, death and psychological strain as well.
Comparing literature
Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten Marl (Hg.), Skulpturen und Objekte aus der Region des Königreiches Dahomey, Marl 2008, p. 62