Ceremonial spoon ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Dan · ID: 3040206

Description

wood, dark brown patina, handle surmounted by stylized face with tripartite peg-shaped coiffure and projecting ears, oval ladle, carved with ornaments on the backside, min. dam., fine cracks, slight traces of abrasion, base

The object Ceremonial spoon with the object ID 3040206 was last part of the auction 82nd Tribal Art Auction at February 27, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 332.

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Comparing literature

Winizki, Ernst, Afrikanische Löffel, Zürich 1990, ill. 26