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1.3.0 2026-08-16 kärl, offerkärl Rådata 97738 objekt Statens museer för världskultur - Världskulturmuseet SMVK-VKM Föremål http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-VKM/objekt/97738 1931.29.0110 From the Fon of Dahomey (see 109). The Fon have a twin cult similar to that of the Yoruba (see section on the ibeji cult in my article on Yoruba art in L´Art Nègre, 1951), but with different cult objects. When twins die, a pair of crude wooden figures (hohovi, twins) are carved, comparable to the Yoruba ibeji, but the Fon mothers also make use of these little pots for making offerings to the twins spirits to prevent further visitations (since twins commonly die a few days after birth in West Afrika, and twin births tend to run in families). If the dead twins were both male or both female, then the two linked cups both face upwards; if of different sexes, one faces up, one down, as here. One sees large numbers of both types in markets of Abomey and other Fon towns. Cf. Herskovits, Vol. I, Plate 42 (p. 276). W.B. Fagg 17.9.57. 1931.29.0110, Gustaf Bolinder., Dahomey, Väst-Afrika., Benin , Västafrika, Dahomey. [[Haga]], skiss, (Dahomey.) Fon., Bolinders expedition till Västafrika (1930-1931), Årsberättelse 1931, Göteborgs museum, Årstryck 1932, Benin, Offerkärl av rödaktig lera, odekorerat. Längd 11 cm. (katalogkort/originalbeskrivning) Insamlad Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm Ursprung Afrika, Benin image/jpeg https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-vkm/web/image/tn/1072641/tn https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-vkm/web/image/zoom/1072642/zoom http://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#by Schwetz, Ferenc Statens museer för världskultur http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-VKM/samling/1711 http://libris.kb.se/bib/3618751 https://kulturnav.org/672c3018-a5d0-4104-8afa-a0ad0a9c40b4 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/name/1021421 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-VKM/objekt/html/97738 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-VKM/objekt/xml/97738 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-VKM/objekt/rdf/97738
Beskrivning
From the Fon of Dahomey (see 109). The Fon have a twin cult similar to that of the Yoruba (see section on the ibeji cult in my article on Yoruba art in L´Art Nègre, 1951), but with different cult objects. When twins die, a pair of crude wooden figures (hohovi, twins) are carved, comparable to the Yoruba ibeji, but the Fon mothers also make use of these little pots for making offerings to the twins spirits to prevent further visitations (since twins commonly die a few days after birth in West Afrika, and twin births tend to run in families). If the dead twins were both male or both female, then the two linked cups both face upwards; if of different sexes, one faces up, one down, as here. One sees large numbers of both types in markets of Abomey and other Fon towns. Cf. Herskovits, Vol. I, Plate 42 (p. 276). W.B. Fagg 17.9.57.
Inventarienummer
Original: insamlat av
Gustaf Bolinder.
Original: lokal
Dahomey, Väst-Afrika.
Proveniens
Benin , Västafrika
Dahomey. [[Haga]]
Original: skiss eller foto
skiss
Original: stam
(Dahomey.) Fon.
Händelse / var närvarande vid
Bolinders expedition till Västafrika (1930-1931)
Referens, publicerad i
Årsberättelse 1931, Göteborgs museum, Årstryck 1932
Land, engelska
Benin
Beskrivning / tidigare
Offerkärl av rödaktig lera, odekorerat. Längd 11 cm. (katalogkort/originalbeskrivning)
Materialkategori
keramik
Materialkategori, engelska
ceramics
Längd
Sakord
kärl
offerkärl
Insamlad
Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm
Ursprung
Afrika
Förvärvad
Schwetz, Ferenc
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