Large Botchio Sentinel Sculpture

Very beautiful and large sculpture in wood very eroded by its seniority, height 164cm plus base Female figure carved at the top of the post. Faceted face close to cubism, the closed eyelids, the sculpture of the legs on either side of the trunk creating the effect that the character is as if strewn on the top of the post The Botchio is carved from the branch of a tree called roco or loco. According to a legend, it is through this tree that the first man and the first woman descended on earth. Another legend has it that a deified ancestor turned into a tree, the residence of the spirits. the modernity and stylistic audacity of this sculpture is remarkable Prestigious provenance from the Anne and Jacques KERCHACHE collection This sculpture was exhibited at the Espace Rebeyrolle in 1996 during the exhibition "Botchio Sculptures Fon, Benin" and is reproduced in the catalog (delivered with) It was also exhibited during the Voodoo exhibition at the Fondation Cartier in 2011, not reproduced in the catalog but visible on the Fondation Cartier website free delivery worldwide