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Dit product is momenteel niet leverbaar. The Ewe, who live in southern Togo and Ghana are the eastern neighbors of Asante.
They are probably best known for their textiles and also for small wooden dolls called "venovi" or "venavi" which are used like the Yoruba people in Nigeria used Ibeji twin figures, for protection of survivor after death of a twin.
Some scholars state that they are also used as children's dolls as well as sometimes used fertility dolls by women who keep these dolls under their mattresses or were worn under the skirts of young women to ensure fertility.
Scarification and added clothing and strings of beads reveal family and clan religious and social affiliations.

THE CULT OF TWINS
We find the practice of representation posthumous (after death) of the twins at the South of Togo, Benin, Ghana and Nigeria, in the homes of people who have had twins who died or who are themselves twins who lost their brother or sister.
These are Caribbean vaudouculte believers that mixes both witchcraft, magic and Christian rituals. who divinisent twins and make it a cult. The statuette is sanctified during special ceremonies by priests or specialists of the cult of the twins.
The venavi is made to the loss of one or two twins. The venavi are worshipped daily. They are the object of special care including meals and during the travel and travel. We serve them food, you take them with you, and we put to bed them at night on the bed.
The cult of the venavi is likely to perpetuate the memory of the deceased twins. Otherwise, stricken men oblivion, belief that they get angry and revenge by disrupting the lives of the living. Honored, they bring prosperity and protection from dangers of all kinds.
The venavi is usually set in a boxing, to one or more orifices, serving him as a seat. There are special dishes that we serve them to eat or drink.
The venavi is before all kept with you in the House, or women wear it on them.