French collection of tribal art. Sentinel statue built against bad luck, it represents a woman with narrow shoulders, hands folded on her torso. The subject seems to gather all the energy necessary for his role as guardian. This botchio (from bo: "evil" in Fon, and tchio, "corpse") erected at the top of a post was erected at the entrance to the village or a house in order to keep away any threat, physical or spiritual. Some of them had minimalist shapes, barely outlined around a central trunk. The multitude of fon gods (the vodun), similar to those of the Yoruba under different names, are represented by fetishes of all forms and nature. Their sanctuaries are found in Togo, Dahomey, and western Nigeria. Statuettes embodying the legba, protectors of the home, are often attached to them. The faithful administer daily offerings and libations to them, supposed to activate their power.
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