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Cyprien Tokoudagba - Aziza Houénon
Aziza is the spirit of the forest.This " genie" can talk to the hunters and protect them while hunting.
The kauri shells on the body, the pythons and the fact that she is standing on a sacred pottery are all symbols of her power.
Cyprien Tokoudagba , born in 1939, lives and works in Abomey, Benin.
He his an initiate of vodun Tôhôssou, god of the water.He began his artwork by adorning the walls of vodun temples, and later restored the "bas-reliefs" of the royal palaces of Abomey.
He began using canvas on commissions in 1989.His works represent symbols and deities of Vodun as well as mottos and emblems of the Abomey Kings.
© Nicolas Dubreuil
Cyprien Tokoudagba - Aziza Houénon
Aziza is the spirit of the forest.This " genie" can talk to the hunters and protect them while hunting.
The kauri shells on the body, the pythons and the fact that she is standing on a sacred pottery are all symbols of her power.
Cyprien Tokoudagba , born in 1939, lives and works in Abomey, Benin.
He his an initiate of vodun Tôhôssou, god of the water.He began his artwork by adorning the walls of vodun temples, and later restored the "bas-reliefs" of the royal palaces of Abomey.
He began using canvas on commissions in 1989.His works represent symbols and deities of Vodun as well as mottos and emblems of the Abomey Kings.
© Nicolas Dubreuil