A THICKLY ENCRUSTED POWER FIGURE WITH A MIXTURE OF TALISMANIC OBJECTS, FON
$113.95 USDSold on: 2013-Jun-19
Marketplace: eBay
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This is a facinating and extremely deeply encrusted power object from the Fon tribe of Benin. Consists of a human wooden statue, wrapped in leather, with either large seed husks or small bits of gourd...
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