Tutelary Cult-Object

Represents the kuti, the Nupe class of tutelary cult-spirits embodied in sacred objects/masquerades, exemplified by Ndakó Gboyá. Spirit-class entities are classed as deity per registry rules; sex unknown as the cult-spirit has no fixed gender.

Domains

• tutelary protection
• protection against witchcraft

Powers

• house the protective power of a tutelary spirit
• wards the community against witchcraft as a tutelary cult-power

Sources

• S. F. Nadel, Nupe Religion (Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1954).
• S. F. Nadel, A Black Byzantium (Oxford University Press, 1942).