Magical Figures (Gri Gri or Fetish)
wood, cloth, pigment, cowrie shells, iron, with crusty sacrificial patina
height:
Ewe people (Ghana/Togo) or Fon people (benin)
20th century
provenance: collected in Burkina Faso by Jack Daulton
Figures of this type are used in the Vodoun belief systems of Coastal West Africa.