Staff with anthropomorphic head "khùluor" ·  Burkina Faso, Lobi · ID: 3049025

Description

wood,

These sticks, carved from a curved tree branch, were used in many ways, for example as dance wand and as a divination implement.

When travelling, they were carried for protection, because outside the safe village there were dangers from malicious “koteé” spirits.

The object Staff with anthropomorphic head “khùluor” with the object ID 3049025 was last part of the auction Online Auction at September 27, 2023 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 188 achieved a sales price of EUR 80.

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