Maximon
Stories Behind The Pieces, Travel Guide Emily Klein Stories Behind The Pieces, Travel Guide Emily Klein

Maximon

When we visited this strange effigy, in what seemed to be someone’s garage, a medicine man sat to the right, nodding off periodically, identifiable only by a red scarf. The statue itself is quite small, made of wood and dressed in multiple satin scarves. A lit cigarette hangs limply from his mouth, as the ashes are collected below to be later used as an offering or some type of healing agent.

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