Big ceremonial spoon "wa ke mia" or "wunkirmian" · Côte d'Ivoire, Dan · ID: 3044693
Stewart J. Warkow, New York, USA
Mark Eglinton, New York, USA
Description
wood, silver metal sheet, base
This kind of spoon is given to the most hospitable woman of the village. With the honor, however, comes responsibility—the “wunkirle” must prepare the large feast that accompanies masquerade ceremonies. When a woman has been selected as the main hostess of such a feast, she parades through town carrying the large spoon as an emblem of her status.
The object Big ceremonial spoon “wa ke mia” or “wunkirmian” with the object ID 3044693 was last part of the auction 90.I Tribal Art and 90.II Contemporary Native American Art at November 17, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 138 achieved a sales price of EUR 4,500.
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