| Kuyu figures were used by a men’s secret initiation society known as Ottote associated with chieftaincy and it is probable that this baton was used to indicate a person’s rank or used during a specific ritual. The Kuyu are better known for their brightly painted heads danced in a ceremony known as kibe-kibe, dramatizing a creation myth. If you have more information concerning this object, its symbolism, its ritual use, its ethnos group, do not hesitate to leave us a comment while clicking over the lower button...
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A cow gave birth to a fire: she wanted to lick it, but it burned; she wanted to leave it, but she could not because it was her own child. 
