Very beautiful statuette in wood and various materials that comes from the Ewe ethnic group of Togo

Height: 19 cm

Ewe statues

The Ewe are known for their figurative statuettes, often colorful, sculpted in a "naive" style (some have called them "cubist"); a large number of these statuettes represent a colonist (the Portuguese were present very early on the banks of Togo)

The Ewe wedding fetish

This wedding fetish with strong symbolism was offered to the young spouses to formalize their union, with perhaps other functions that are unknown to us. But one cannot help but think, when seeing it, of the Bocchio used by their Fon neighbors on the occasion of vodun ceremonies.

Ewe variants

The name Ewe has many variants: Éhoué, Éhvé, Ehwe, Eibe, Éoué, Éphé, Évé, Évhé, Éwés, Vhe, Wegbe