Ritual Scepter Daphel or Kebere
Bobo, Burkina Faso
Wood, rope
Early 20th century

Research on this wooden scpter is unfortunately quite scant. Known as daphel or kebere, it was reportedly used in a ritual known as joro. Other examples have ben attributed to the Lobi and the Senufo (Meyer, Kunst und Religion der Lobi, 1981; Roy, Lanf of the Flying Masks, 2007). 

InventoryID #13-1939

Not For Sale