Fon Fetish Legba Iron Phallus ringmoney including scarlet

including scarlet

wrapped in leather and adorned with intricate bronze embellishments

Excavations in the early 1980s uncovered a culture that thrived between the 3rd and 13th centuries AD

The vessel features a wide mouth with a flaring rim

reflecting the refined aesthetic sensibilities and contemplative atmosphere of the era

Fon Fetish Legba Iron Phallus ringmoney including scarletFon people, mid 20th century, Togo, Benin or Ghana, West Africa Exceptional forged iron phallic fetish associated with Legba, crafted by the Fon people of the TogoGhana border region. Objects of this type were traditionally driven into the earth to stimulate agricultural fertility, invoking Legbas vital generative power. In Vodun belief, Legba is often represented as a phallus or as a man bearing an exaggerated phallus. Known as the youngest son of