Skull power object
Benin, Fon
sold
EUR 500
Size
H: 22 cm
H: 8.7 inch
Description
ring-shaped base wrapped with cord, an animal skull in the centre, a conglomerate of padlocks, partly with keys, attached, small traces of indigo blue pigment and red fibre, metal base;
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.