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Old Yesterday, 06:20 PM   #3
francantolin
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Thank’s a lot Tim for your message !!

Looking for fish symbolism in Wedt Africa
I found these interesting informations in a nice book ,
Yes it may be a Recade from Dahomey ,
maybe of Gbéhanzin king or made durîng same périod ? Cf pictures.
He was represented as a shark or a freshwater fish .

Cf picture of the shark statue from Quai Branly Muséum in Paris

If it is a lungfish, yes it make sense to be associated with rebirth, long life and rain.
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