Feb 28, 2005 - Sale 2034

Sale 2034 - Lot 151

Price Realized: $ 288
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 350 - $ 500
(BRAZIL.) Wrought-iron fetish or Orisha, an appeal to the god Ogun, 181/2x7 inches, on a 6 inch diameter circular base; some rust and pitting consistent with age. Brazil, circa 1940-s50s

Additional Details



An elaborate fetish in the shape of a spear, with a cross bar with twenty-one small iron tools suspended from it; beneath are two crossed spears. Ogun is among the most powerful of all the West African gods.