Losso / Lamba Fetish Figure, Togo #729 golden retriever The Buddha is shown in

The Buddha is shown in the Defeating Evil Mudra

like in the anthropomorphic statuary

and serves as a Priest linking the living members to the Ancestors

# ISBN-13: 978-0300058192

The World of Tribal Arts : French Edition

Losso / Lamba Fetish Figure, Togo #729 golden retriever The Buddha is shown inLosso Lamba Fetish Figure, Togo #729 Hard and heavy wood with a sacrificial patina of wear. In northern Togo, close to the Ewe Voodoo culture, are established the Lamba, named Losso or Nawdba by the colonial administration, they use anthropomorphic fetishes with a summary structure, in order to protect themselves against multiple harms. They sometimes placed them in their granaries or even in hen houses. We can also find the Lamba in Benin and in the