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.
Comparing literature
Roy, Christopher, Art of the Upper Volta Rivers, Paris 1987, p. 305