Baule · deity · Baule traditional religion; continuing · deity
Entered as a deity (a Baule amwin power). The cup-bearing monkey figure is widely called 'gbekre'; 'Mbotumbo' is recorded (Vogel) as a name for such men's-society power objects. 'amwin/amuin' = object/being of power. Principal scholarship: Vogel (1997).
Domains
protection justice
underworld judgment
Powers
to guard the living against witchcraft, plague and enemies
Guards the living against witchcraft, epidemics and enemies
Serves men's societies in the mbra divination rite
Sources
Susan Mullin Vogel, Baule: African Art, Western Eyes (1997)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Baule monkey figure/mask collection records