File:Brooklyn Museum 49.45 Bocio.jpg

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English: Bocio   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Title
English: Bocio
Description
English: Wooden fetish object. Twin figures carved on platform base which tapers and is placed in a ferrule. Duck skull placed on front of torso, human jawbone(?) attached encrusted heavily with undetermined substance, perhaps blood. Necklaced with cowrie shells and string.
English: Bochio are very powerful and very personal objects. An individual may make one for protection, to harm an enemy, or to ensure personal success. The bochio is made in secret, so that only the owner knows its composition and purpose. Some materials, however, have consistent functions. This piece, for instance, includes a duck's bill, believed to contain the power to silence one's enemies. Using the long, pointed iron base, the individual plants the bochio in the ground in front of a shrine or in some other spiritually significant location.
Date 19th century
date QS:P571,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Dimensions 15 x 3 x 3 1/2 in. (38.1 x 7.6 x 8.9 cm)
institution QS:P195,Q632682
Current location
Arts of Africa collection South Gallery, 1st Floor
Accession number
49.45
Credit line Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund
Notes
  • Culture: Benin
  • Place made: Benin
Source/Photographer Online Collection of Brooklyn Museum; Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.49.45_print_threequarter_bw.jpg
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