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Cyprien Tokoudagba - Houéda Vodoun Dangbé
Dangbé is the python goddess represented here with the "Doko" hairstyle.Cyprien says that she is facing here her cousin Hébiosso, the God of the Thunder.The double-headed axe is a symbol of justice and swiftness ( the shape of the axe reminds the ram's horns, the lightning is like the ram's assault: swift and surprising)
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 - Houéda Vodoun Dangbé
Dangbé is the python goddess represented here with the "Doko" hairstyle.Cyprien says that she is facing here her cousin Hébiosso, the God of the Thunder.The double-headed axe is a symbol of justice and swiftness ( the shape of the axe reminds the ram's horns, the lightning is like the ram's assault: swift and surprising)
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