• Fali old authentic fetish figure

Fali fetish figure

Fetishes in traditional African art

These small protective fetishes were made to order by the witch doctor in order to protect his sponsor or his home.

They are always created according to the same structure, namely an iron body encompassed by a padded leather skin or rolled up in a cord reminiscent of a spider's web.

The look of the tarantula wards off bad luck; we often find references to arachnids in African rites and beliefs, as among the Bété whose masks have appendages reminiscent of the legs.

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Data sheet

Size
18 cm
Ethnic group
Fali
Material(s)
Iron
Wood
Country
Cameroon
Origin
Tribal art collection France

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