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Throughout the period of the slave trade, descendants from the former "slave coast" took with them the voodoo religion, which is found mixed with catholicism in haiti, jamaica and brazil, and louisianarare voodoo altar ballet very nice patina on the handle beautiful libation trace on the whole of the object due to the projections of alcool at the time of the incantations voodoo was used as a state religion by the fon kings of dahomey from the 17th century onwards to unify neighboring ethnic groups, mainly the yoruba of nigeria, in their empireare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storetoday, the voodoo religion remains very active in the region of benin and togo: the guardian fetishes are clearly visible in the center of the village, and the markets of the region, including the famous market of fetishists in lomé, all have stalls where objects of african voodoo worship are sold, ritual irons, bells, animal bones, seeds and multiple powdersthe wood stand is not includ in this sell read moreplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableshango is the yoruba god of thunder and lightning, the double-ax motif a top this piece is a metaphor for the thunderbolt that shango hurls down from the sky at those who do not respect hima shango dance staffhe brought prosperity to the oyo empire according to professor mason's mythological account of heroes and kings, unlike his peaceful brother ajaka, he was a powerful and violent rulerhe had three wives, namely queen oshun, queen oba, and queen oyaour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storehe reigned for seven years which were marked by his continuous campaigns and many battleshis reign ended due to his inadvertent destruction of his palace by lightningshango was the third alafin of oyo, following oranmiyan and ajakaa kneeling female figure holds a v-shaped shango dance staff in her hands, which reflects the v-shaped top of her head, scarifications on breasts, back, arms and cheeks, elaborated hairstyle, in carved bracelets and necklaces; fine resinous patina, traces of age and ritual use; provenance: abdu ousmane, called "barré", lomé togo, used during dancing ceremoniesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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