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 Oh thanks.  This is what I got out of the article:  “the slender female body resembled the water deity Mami Wata, while the spoon is a symbol from the Zulu culture” 
 Yeah the only other symbol there is the snake which resembles the snake on the orphic egg 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orphism_(religion)#Orphic_Egg 
 Oh my bad on that. It looks like Mami Wata is frequently depicted with a snake. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mami_Wata