240862 - African Sitting Mami Wata sculpture - EWE- Togo

African Sitting Mami Wata sculpture - EWE- Togo
Size are 28 cm high and 11 cm wide, and made from wood.

Old Ewe statue from Togo from the Mami Wata cult. It is made of pink painted wood, the dominant color among Wata people. She sits on an Ewe fetish chair. The wear, due to use and age (around the 50s) is considerable, but gives it its charm.The back is pierced as well as the 2 hands, these holes had to carry objects.Beautiful collector's item
The cult of Mami Wata:A water spirit, sometimes described as a mermaid, half woman, half fish, or a beautiful woman holding a snake, found in the coastal areas of West Africa and Central Africa.Even if the cults are different, Mami wata is the only African deity worshipped in a large geographical area that brings together cultures and peoples as diverse as the Igbo of Nigeria, the Ewé of Benin, the Bamiléké of Cameroon and the Congo.We also find the spelling: Mamy Wata, Mami Watta or Mama Wata. Among the Igbo she is called Ezenwaanyi (Queen of Women), Nnekwunwenyi (Honorable Woman), Ezebelamiri (Queen who lives in the waters), Nwaanyi mara mma (the more than beautiful woman)