Big magical figure "bochio" ·  Bénin, Fon · ID: 3022667

Description

wood, matt greyish brown patina, natural grown form of the trunk recognizable, crowned by a standing male figure with angular shoulders, traces of weathering, cracks, missing parts, on base;
“bochios” were placed within the villages, they were sacrificed regularly, their purpose was to protect the village of dodgers and evil spirits.

Littérature comparée

Geest en Kracht, Vodun uit West-Afrika, Afrika Museum Berg en Dal, 1996, p. 85