The Voodoo Estate!

Our research has shown that this woman was what she claimed and was indeed descended from a long line of well known Vodoun family originating in New Orleans in the early 1800's.

We were pretty unnerved by this until we discovered they were also devout Catholics!  Although I have to admit this was unlike any Catholic home we have ever been in and some of the items found inside were a little more than disturbing.

There was no feeling of dread or unwelcome in the mansion, however there was quite a bit of contraband and other items we can or will not sell here.

This is one of a few pieces from this estate we will be listing this week, so check our other listings!

We will, upon the new guardian's request, issue a named Letter of Authenticity with each lot from this estate, complying with the terms set forth to us by the estate's attorney.

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Some Back Story

This pair of skulls were recovered from a built in museum cabinet in the storeroom that serviced the Main Library of this estate.  Although there are no journal or inventory mentions of this pair, an identical pair were recovered  from an open case which we were able to identify the case and shipping label as part of the last shipment she would receive from a small group of vendors in India that shared a freight forwarder in order to service her.  We are assuming it was the last shipment because it was  received posthumously.  We believe this pair however, were received much earlier.

This storeroom had a large window and when we came upon it the glass had been smashed, most likely by Hurricane Andrew, which allowed years of water intrusion, mould growth, wildlife and insects to flourish behind the closed door of the storeroom.  Nearly everything in here was destroyed, but appeared to mostly consist of banking and accounting records.  The museum display did an excellent job of protecting its contents attributing to their current near mint condition.

The Skulls

Examination reveals a pair hand finished, four piece metal castings of human skulls measuring approximately 5.75" x 3 1/8" x 3 5/16" with a combined weight of 1 lb., 7 oz. (644 grams).

They are made from non-magnetic metal that has been painted with a thick gilt-like finish with no signs of damage or repair.

It is certainly an unusual vintage pair of skulls that is much nicer than the photographs are able to depict.

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We have been contacted and visited by a number of people who were interested in the items from this estate since our first batch was listed.  Among the buyers have been known psychics and practitioners.  More than one, after adorning themselves or handling their purchase, stated "this is a woman of power!"  Many of our clients, after receiving items from this estate have reported dream contacts and other unexplained phenomenon.

Unusual, authentic Voodoo Priestess Estate piece and at a bargain price!

This is truly a rare opportunity to own anything with attributes to this estate.  The majority of this estate is now gone.  Most of what we had left, and it was considerable, has been split up and sold to a couple of private, foreign collector practitioners and will never be available to the public again.  We made the decision to do this as we have had some pretty strange visits from even stranger individuals and there have been enough unexplained phenomenon going on in the warehouse where her things were kept that many of our employees refused to go in there.

The pieces offered and sold here are some of the few remaining that will ever be offered to the public.

Nice addition to any collection, altar or decor that displays really well.

Really doesn't get any better than this.

There are 5 photographs to tell the rest of this tale and we hop yo enjoyed the listing.

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