Old Wooden Ritual Phallus – LEGBA – Fon Tribe – Benin
1960s. Height 39,0 cm; weight 1.152 grams (including stand). Clear evidence of ritual use. These ritual phalluses were placed on household altars or directly into the ground to stimulate crop growth. Legba is a very important figure in the Fon and Ewe religions traditionally practiced in Benin and Togo. He is considered...