Ceremonial spoon · Niger - Niger Delta, Isoko/Urhobo · ID: 3035826
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Provenance
Michel Egloff, Neuchâtel, SwitzerlandAntonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
Size
H: 52 cm
H: 20.5 inch
Description
wood, remains of stained middle brown patina, slightly encrusted in some areas, handle in shape of a standing female figure of slender blocklike form, the head carved with a flat spoon, decor with incised triangular patterns, the facial features marked by a prominent horizontal brow line, slightly dam. (breasts, spoon-like projection), cracks, traces of old age, base;
a quite similar spoon is pictured at E. Winizki, 1990, ill. 47.
Comparing literature
Winizki, Ernst, Afrikanische Löffel, Zürich 1990, ill. 47