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A Veve Made to Be Worn: The Cast Legba Pendant ...

A drawing that becomes an object A veve is first known as a drawing. It is traced on the ground, in flour or cornmeal or another powder, as a sign...

Legba veve pendant in steel: a Vodou pendant to...

What this pendant isCast Legba Lehgba Leghba veve pendant, in Steel, Vodou. That title gives you the whole object, if you read it carefully: a veve, for Legba, whose name...

Carrying a Veve: The Cast Erzuli Dantor Pendant

What a veve is, and why it is worn A veve is a drawn symbol, made in the Vodou tradition, that stands for a particular lwa. Traditionally it is drawn...

Cast Erzuli Dantor veve pendant in steel: a wor...

A veve you can wear, not a drawing you frame A veve is a drawn emblem, made in ritual to call and to honour, and it is usually drawn on...

Baron Samedhi cross veve pendant: a cast veve m...

A veve worn as a pendant is a different thing than a veve drawn for a single rite A veve is a drawn emblem, made for a working, and it...

Cast Baron Samedhi cross veve pendant, in black...

A veve is not a picture of a veve A veve drawn on the ground for a working is a beautiful and temporary thing. It is made, it is used,...