Phallus
Bénin, Fon
Vendu
450 €
Provenance
Felix Novack (-1982), Polish/ Swedish surgeonPeter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden
Taille
L: 36,5 cm
L: 14.4 inch
Description
wood, encrusted sacrificial patina (camwood powder), oily in places, base
This phallus was probably once part of a clay/ terracotta figure representing the god “Legba”. The followers of this cult also sometimes wore such phallic symbols under their robes.