Diviner's sceptre with figure · Burkina Faso, Mossi · ID: 3040021
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Size
L: 48 cm (scepter)
H: 36 cm
L: 18.9 inch (scepter)
H: 14.2 inch
Description
wood, red and black paint, kaolin, hook-shaped staff, carved with the stylized head of a hornbill and standing female figure, slightly dam., minor missing parts, cracks, metal plate;
used by diviners among the Bwa, Bobo, Nunuma, Lobi and other Voltaic groups. The hornbill is a bird of great magical power.
The object Diviner’s sceptre with figure with the object ID 3040021 was last part of the auction 83rd Tribal Art Auction at May 28, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 153.
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Comparing literature
Roy, Christopher, Art of the Upper Volta Rivers, Paris 1987, p. 305