
Iron Ritual Figure
Ancient iron piece from northern Togo depicting or kneeling character in offering position.
FET-11
Text of the original catalogue
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. Its most well-known production is its statuettes called tchitchiri of simple and rudimentary structure, of rounded shapes, almost spherical head and cylindrical body. They are protective figures and represent ancestors.
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Ancient iron piece from northern Togo depicting or kneeling character in offering position.
FET-11

They are implanted in northern Ghana and mainly in Togo.
FET-44

Bells and bells, both metallic and wooden, besides having their use in playful and religious ceremonies are a valuable instrument used by…
IDIOF-14

Bell that produces different sounds when percutida in different zones.
IDIOF-17