Guardian figure Botchio rom the Ewe/Fon tribe Ghana/Togo 1960 - 1970

Plain (naked) guardian figure "Botchio" (Boccio, Bocio); a fetish character in form of a wooden stake from the Ewe / Fon tribe; Ghana / Togo; 1960 - 1970; female wooden figure holds her breast with her arms; partially damaged by weathering and insect damage; primitive hand carving, the head worked out in more detail; Dry cracks; the bocio is a watchmen who guards the house, a clan, a village or an person; traces of use according to age; measurements: 44 cm; provenance „Jürgen Maurer (1939-2018)“, prominent businessman, art collector and chronicler from Heppenheim (Germany) http://www.kunstsammlungmaurer.de