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  Patrick vilaire - vodun objects excerpted from the catalog vodun: african voodoo,fondation cartier pour l’art contemporain, paris, , wolfgang jaenicke, a voodoo village in the borderdestrict of benin - togotwo categories of fon objects can be distinguishedoral tradition suggests the dahomey kingdom was created by a yoruba princess some time before the 17th centuryour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe first includes royal paraphernalia such as icing figures, commemorative iron staffs, called asen, small metal emblematic figures and sceptres decorated with a zoomorphic bladeduring the 18th century, its territories expanded and they took part in the slave trade with the french colonialsa fon voodoo sculpture, benin, a wooden corpus with different attachments like fabric, iron pieces, shells and metal nails covered with a thick sacrification surface of many layersplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe fon people live in the dahomey kingdom, which is part of the republic of benin

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