"The Hunchback ... Voodoo Fetish ... Attention"
Rare, improbable, (what a funny word to write ... blable ...) let's come back to our hunchback: if his powers are real, we just have to beware ... Voodoo fetish, Fon ethnic group from Benin, These wooden statues are then covered with metal plates and studs until the details of the original sculpture are blurred. Named Boccio, they play the role of intermediary between suppliants (us) and the spirits The voodoo cult (Yoruba word suggesting "God") followed the slave trade on these coasts of Africa (Dahomey ...) and found active in Haiti in Brazil .... I leave it to you to read more and discover its mysteries. This statue left Africa in Porto Novo, in the 55s, according to its owner - previous collector. 
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