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Antique Wood Quarts and Brass Figa Mano Fico Fist Hand Sculpture Statue. Very Detailed.
Signature confirmation will be required on the item. Have some fun info at bottom from the great Wikipedia!
Fig Gesture measures 6 1/8″ tall, bottom of brass stand has 3″ diameter. Weight is 1/4 pound. Has two dangling crystals off bracelet and amethyst color crystal in ring on ring finger. Metal is very detailed with leaf designs all around. Hardwood hand has very detailed 5 fingers with finger nails that look brass as base and wrist bracelet.
Good condition for age with finish wear, scratches, scuffs, tarnishing, nice Patina and looks awesome!. Has 2 nails holding base onto wood with very little play. Solid wood carved and unusual to see a Figa Statue especially with such nice detail, they are usually Amulet’s/ Pendants. This art is not to big, not to small and ready for display to wart off the evil eye.
Guessing made way before 1997. Rare Find!!!
Please check pictures for description and condition…
The figa sign is a mildly obscene gesture used at least since the Roman age in Italy, Southern Europe, parts of the Mediterranean region including in Turkish culture, and has also been adopted by Slavic cultures and South Africa. The gesture uses a thumb wedged in between two fingers. This gesture is most commonly used to ward off the evil eye insult someone, or deny a request.
Because of its origins in Southern Europe or Latin America, the gesture was imported to Latin American in Brazil, use of this gesture is said to ward off evil eye jealousy, etc. Ornaments with this symbol are often worn as a good luck charm.
In ancient Rome, the fig sign, or manu fica, was made by the pater familias to ward off the evil spirits of the dead as a part of the Lemuria ritual.
The hand gesture may have originated in ancient Indian culture to depict the lingam and yoni.
Among early Christians, it was known as the manus obscena, or “obscene hand”.
