Fetiche Tchitchiri
Moba · Togo
Reference: FET-44
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- Height
- 15 cm
- Material
- Wood and pigments
They are implanted in northern Ghana and mainly in Togo. They work iron, producing small statuettes, in stylized anthropomorphic forms, destined for divination. They also produce…
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Full original description
They are implanted in northern Ghana and mainly in Togo. They work iron, producing small statuettes, in stylized anthropomorphic forms, destined for divination. They also produce tillage instruments and iron bells that must be beaten with a wooden hammer and that will serve to mark the rhythms of divinatory rites. His best-known production is his statuettes called tzitchiri simple and rudimentary structure, rounded, almost spherical head and cylindrical body. They are protective figures and represent ancestors.
Fetish in rounded forms typical of ethnicity.
Further technical information
- Attributed period
- Mid-century XX
Details transcribed from the original catalogue; they are not a recent physical inspection.
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Togo. The country associated with the catalog is shown, not the current location of the piece.
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