Description
A very interesting male voodoo statuette with gourds called tchégo in the Fongbé language (literally "gourd of power"), which are attached to the front of the figure, and contain various powdered elements called kpe or fo constituting the energy that makes it possible to enforce the words spoken during the use of the bocio. Fon, Benin Wood, calabashes, cowrie shells, cloth, feathers, clay, sacrificial patina of use. H. 23 cm Provenance : Anne and Jacques Kerchache Collection. Exhibition and publication : Voodoo Exhibition, Paris, Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain, 2011, reproduced on pp. 110, 184, and 203, fig. 3.
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A very interesting male voodoo statuette with gourds called tchégo in the Fongbé language (literally "gourd of power"), which are attached to the front of the figure, and contain various powdered elements called kpe or fo constituting the energy that makes it possible to enforce the words spoken during the use of the bocio. Fon, Benin Wood, calabashes, cowrie shells, cloth, feathers, clay, sacrificial patina of use. H. 23 cm Provenance : Anne and Jacques Kerchache Collection. Exhibition and publication : Voodoo Exhibition, Paris, Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain, 2011, reproduced on pp. 110, 184, and 203, fig. 3.
