"Bochio" · Bénin, Fon · ID: 3037166
Description
wood, clay-like mass, pumpkin, metal, cowrie shells, cloth, big anthropomorphic figure, bulgy calabash in front of the body and on the back, flanked by smaller accompaning figures, tied with plant fibre strings and spread with thick layers of clay-like mass, hung with iron chain and stud with iron objects, strong sacrificial traces, feathers, slightly dam., missing parts through insect caused damage, cracks;
“Bochios” are guardian figures and should keep away evil spirits. Therefore they were provided with magial substances and received various sacrifices in order to consecrate them.
L’objet “Bochio” avec l’ID d’objet 3037166 a fait partie de la dernière vente aux enchères 77th tribal art auction dans 28 juin 2014 le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 258 a atteint un prix de vente de 1 200 €.
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Littérature comparée
Weinhold, Ulrike & Irene Hübner, Geest en Kracht, Vodun uit West-Afrika, Berg en Dal 1996, ill. 61