2 Old Ritual Snakes – Fon – Benin

Two beautiful old ritual snakes. Iron:

Snake 1 is cm 34,5 high (13.58″). Grams 63,1 (2.23 oz.);
Snake 2 is cm 32,0 high (12.60″). Grams 62,5 (2.20 oz.);

The Fon people are the largest ethnic group in Benin found particularly in its south region; they are also found in southwest Nigeria and Togo.

The history of the Fon people is linked to the Dahomey kingdom, a well-organized kingdom by the 17th century but one that shared more ancient roots with the Aja people. The Fon people traditionally were a culture of an oral tradition and had a well-developed polytheistic religious system. They were noted by early 19th-century European traders for their N’Nonmiton practice or Dahomey Amazons – which empowered their women to serve in the military, who decades later fought the French colonial forces in 1890.

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