Tag - Ewe

A Fine Ewe Figure – MAMI WATA – Togo

Carved wood, pigment. Cm. 34,0 high (13.39″). Grams 422,3 (14.89 oz.). Mami Wata is a water spirit venerated in West, Central, and Southern Africa, and in the African diaspora in the Americas. The sophisticated theology of the Ewe people is similar to those of nearby ethnic groups, such as the Fon religion....

22 January 2026
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Pair Twin Figures – Ewe / Venavi – Togo

Carved wood, pigment.  Cm. 23,0 high x cm. 7,7 width (9.06" x 3.03"); grams 341,7 (12.05 oz.). Throughout history the phenomenon of twins has always been the subject of great curiosity and charm, such as surprising and uncontrollable force of nature, stimulating particular actions and behaviors. In Togo and Bènin, if one...

24 February 2025
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