Fetish for Ogum

NameFetish

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Date1990s

Place madeSalvador, Bahia, Brazil, South America

MediumMetal (brass), solder

Dimensions22 7/16 × 9 9/16 × 5 11/16 in. (57 × 24.3 × 14.4 cm)

Credit LineGift of Antonio C. La Pastina and Dale A. Rice

Terms

Salvador

Object numberA.2013.31.13

DescriptionA cross-like form created from a tall hollow brass tube which is bent over at top and attached to a circular base with a scalloped edge. Near the top, a cross-bow shaped section (a horizontal tube with a semicircular tube soldered at each end) is atttached. From the horizontal tube fourteen metal tools and utensils hang. Just above the base, a small S-like tubular metal piece is attached to the main vertical element, which holds a U-shaped tube at it's lower end. Each end of the U-shaped piece is curved forward, as well as the top of the piece which holds it.