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Bound Figure ("Bocio")

20th century
20th C.
Africa, Republic of Benin, Abomey
14 in. x 4 in. x 7 in. (35.56 cm x 10.16 cm x 17.78 cm)

By (primary)
Artist unknown

Culture/People: Fon peoples

Medium: Wood, animal skulls, cloth, rope, fiber, organic substances

Credit Line: Gift of Marc and Ruth Franklin

Accession Number: 1997.111

Currently On View

Provenance

Jacques Kerchache, Paris; Ben Heller, NY, Sotheby's, November 1985, #90; donors bought from Sotheby's, New York, November 1991; Marc and Ruth Franklin, San Francisco, CA (#9143)

Bibliography

Blier, Suzanne Preston. African Vodun: Art, Psychology and Power (1995), p. 291, no. 129 (repr.)

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slavery

Fon

protection
Use generally for the activity of keeping people and things safe from harm or deterioration. For actions taken to prevent further changes or deterioration in objects, sites, or structures, use "preservation". When such actions are taken on buildings or other structures specifically for cultural, aesthetic, or historic reasons, use "historic preservation". [October 1995 lead-in term deleted, was 'protection'; descriptor changed, was 'protecting'; alternate term added. January 1991 lead-in term deleted, was 'preserving'; descriptor moved.]

bocio
Figural sculptures, often with additional objects incorporated onto the surface, made and used by the Fon and other Ewe peoples of Africa in the context of voodoo, to gain protection and achieve empowerment and change for the individual. [August 1998 descriptor moved. February 1998 descriptor added.]

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