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Dzagbe Cudjoe 
Fig. 29. Charm protecting evil-doers from discovery. Cat. no. 57 078. 
Height of the wooden human figure 22,3 cm. The head and neck of the figure 
are covered by a white substance so that the facial features are barely visible. 
The rest of the figure is encrusted with a reddish substance. At the front of 
the figure small pieces of what appears to be wood and feathers or skin and 
feathers are attached by a brown and white thread wound several times around 
the body. The figure is holding its hands across the stomach. Although the 
figure is without breasts it has a female sex organ. The only information 
contained in the catalogue is that the object is a hunting charm. 
The large horn is that of a rappen antelope (Hippotragus niger) and the 
smaller that of a Bush Buck (Tragelaphus scriptus) 3 ). 
Collection Hans Meyer, 1900. 
Amelame, Togo. 
89 500 (fig. 26). Hunting charm, wood, iron and an animal skull. The male figure 
supports on its head an animal skull through which an ornamented iron 
3 ) I wish to thank Dr. A. Kleinschmidt of the Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, 
Stuttgart, for identifying the two animal horns of object 14 078 and also for 
identifying the animal skull of object 89 500.