Oddbean new post about login | logout This will explain what the replacement is https://www.art-insider.com/simone-leigh-sculpture-replaces-robert-e-lee-statue-in-new-orleans/3468
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