Bell (dibu)

c. 1920 Overall: 25.4 cm (10 in.)
https://clevelandart.org/art/1975.190

This elegant dibu (ritual bell) was used by an nganga (ritual specialist) to call spiritual forces. Bells (plural, madibu) like these were often used in connection with minkisi (singular, nkisi), sculptural vessels or figures that contained empowered materials with spiritual a...

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