Title
Wooden figure of the Fon vodu Legba, with movable penis
Caption
Wooden figure of the Fon vodu Legba, with movable penis, Legba is a trickster figure who acts as the messenger and linguist of the supreme deity Mawu / Lisa. After he offended Mawu by commiting incest with his mother he was condemned to remain perpetually aroused but unsatisfied. Benin Republic. Fon. Southern Benin.
Credit line
Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman
Reference
UMG12A16_319
Model release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
25,6Mb (2,1Mb) / 8,4in x 11,8in / 2530 x 3543 (300dpi)