Akan - Art Gallery

Description

Mami Wata Ewe figure

Along the african coast facing Gulf of Guinea, between Togo, Benin e

Ghana, Mami Wata is considered to be a vodu that lives in ocean water.

Mama Wata takes and is represented in different forms: mermaid,

beautiful woman or snake charmer. She is a vodu which incorporates the

ambiguity of the human being and of contemporary society, promise of

wealth and happiness, but also threat of death.

Painted wood, beads, fabric.

h 71 cm