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).