Dan or Wè Guéré Glé power object in form of a head. Clay, metal teeth, cowries, glass eyes and some hair/fur.

While in a trance state, a diviner answers questions about the past, present and future with the gle balanced on top of his head.
The glé head was a sacred object. Blood, thunderstones, poison and other ‘magical’ ingredients had to be rubbed all over the head in order to activate it.

H. 16 cm

Provenance: Bengt Olson, Swedish/French painter and sculptor, born 1930. Studied for Fernand Léger 1953. Moved to France from Sweden 1960 and lived and worked in Paris until some years ago when he moved back to Sweden.