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VINTAGE HAITIAN VODOU SEQUIN SPIRIT BOTTLE - DAMBALA - ALTAR PIECE
$ 66
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Description
VINTAGE HAITIAN VODOU SPIRIT SEQUIN BOTTLE - DAMBALA - ALTAR PIECEThis is an offering bottle that would be placed at a Haitian Vodou altar. The altar is the pinnacle of a Vodou ceremony. Rural Vodou altars are adorned with a plethora of bottles.
Sequins and beads on fabric on glass bottle
Size +/- 2 ¾“ x 11”)
Mid-20th century
Unknown artist, Haiti
Sequined altar bottles are each made by hand. Each bead and sequin is sewn on, one at a time. The bottles are both spiritual and a beautiful piece of cultural folk art
The lawa depected on this bottle is probably Danbala Wèdo, the supreme snake spirit that is associated with happiness and wealth
Single owner. Purchased in Little Haiti, Miami, FL in the late 1990s
Please look at all the pictures which are part of the description of the Vodou bottle
Sold “as is” & “as pictured”
Why selling? Seniors downsizing