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Textiles were deeply symbolic and multifaceted in Chancay society
a testament to the more rustic and informal production techniques employed in the small-scale dragon kilns of Zhangzhou
Textiles held profound cultural significance
and social identity
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Fon Fetish Legba Iron Phallus helmetmask Textiles were deeply symbolic andFon 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
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