Ceremonial spoon · Niger - Niger Delta, Isoko/Urhobo · ID: 3035826
Antonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
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.
The object Ceremonial spoon with the object ID 3035826 was last part of the auction 75th tribal art auction at November 30, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 181.
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Comparing literature
Winizki, Ernst, Afrikanische Löffel, Zürich 1990, ill. 47