An Akhẹ-Osun (Osun pot) in good condition, only the chain is missing. decorated with different figures and animals, the handles in shape of serpents, fetching the related men.

There is a square hole in the lid of the vessel: According to oral tradition, ritual medicine was burned in the vessel, and the rising smoke was inhaled. In later "secularized" use, these Akhe-Osun vessels are said to have been used to store royal regalia. The manifest symbols of royal power.

It is a specific term for the pot used for storing medicinal plants at the Osun Shrine. Akhẹ-Osun can be distinguished by the high-relief decorative motifs around the rim of these pots, which are often figurative. The motifs depend on the deity at whose shrine the Akhẹ-Osun was used for medicine. We have Akhẹ-Osun Ake, Akhẹ-Osun Ebomisi, Akhẹ-Osun Olokun, Akhẹ-Osun Oghidian and many other deities.

Source: Digital Benin, Akhẹ-Osun, Akhẹ-Amẹ and Akhẹ are all grouped under the English designation ‘pots’.

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Height: 30 cm
Weight: 7,8 kg