Big ceremonial spoon "wa ke mia" or "wunkirmian" · Liberia, Dan-Gio or Mano · ID: 3046165

Name: Big ceremonial spoon "wa ke mia" or "wunkirmian"
SKU: 3046165
Price: 2800 EUR
Availability: SoldOut

sold EUR 2,800

Provenance

Guy Montbarbon, Paris, France
Christie’s, Paris, 6 December 2005, Lot 89
Flak, Paris, France
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 19 June 2010, Lot 236
Dutch Collection

Size

H: 70 cm

H: 27.6 inch

Description

wood, silver metal sheet, kaolin, cord, base

These spoons served as a badge for the most hospitable woman in a village and were considered a symbol of her high status within the village community.

The object Big ceremonial spoon “wa ke mia” or “wunkirmian” with the object ID 3046165 was last part of the auction 93rd Tribal Art Auction at November 16, 2019 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 87 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,800.

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