Fon Fetish Legba Iron Phallus ashanti org/Inca_Civilization/)

org/Inca_Civilization/)

The elaborately decorated top features a repeating triangle pattern in green and cream glaze

sculptural bracelets were high-status adornments often found in Ban Chiang burial contexts

especially from deer and elk

beautifully sculpted

Fon Fetish Legba Iron Phallus ashanti org/Inca_Civilization/)Fon people, mid 20th century, Togo, Benin or Ghana, West Africa Exceptional forged iron phallic fetish associated with Legba, crafted by the Fon people of the TogoGhana border region. Objects of this type were traditionally driven into the earth to stimulate agricultural fertility, invoking Legbas vital generative power. In Vodun belief, Legba is often represented as a phallus or as a man bearing an exaggerated phallus. Known as the youngest son of