Fon Fetish Legba Iron Phallus ringmoney Excavations in the early 1980s

Excavations in the early 1980s uncovered a culture that thrived between the 3rd and 13th centuries AD

Among the hundreds of designs produced

and by the forest-dwelling aziza spirits

or throw net

Roman glass was often colorfully enhanced with various metallic oxides

Fon Fetish Legba Iron Phallus ringmoney Excavations in the early 1980sFon 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