Phallus · Bénin, Fon · ID: 3046377
Vendu
450 €
Provenance
Felix Novack (-1982), Polish/ Swedish surgeonPeter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden
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.
Littérature comparée
Mattelaer, Johan J., The phallus in art and culture, Arnhem 2000, p. 84 ff.