Fon Fetish Legba Iron Phallus ashanti Ancient Origins - Reconstructing the

Ancient Origins - Reconstructing the story of humanity's past

Superb and rare thorn spindle with attached pottery spindle whorl

exquisitely designed brooch features a crossbar adorned with two oblate spheres

Wealth items include polished oblong stones (ye)

ensuring its owner's preparedness for the afterlife

Fon Fetish Legba Iron Phallus ashanti Ancient Origins - Reconstructing theFon 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