Ceremonial spoon "wa ke mia" · Côte d'Ivoire, Dan · ID: 3028507
Price
EUR 250
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Size
L: 60 cm
L: 23.6 inch
Description
wood, dark brown patina, elongated, dish-shaped ladle, the massive handle carved with a ram head, incised ornaments on the underside, dam., minor missing part through insect caused damage (rams head), cracks;
occasionally the spoons were carved with cow or rams heads, giving a hint on the domestic animals, slaughtered at big festivities in order to provide an adequate meal for the guests.
Comparing literature
Homberger, Lorenz (Hg.), Löffel in der Kunst Afrikas, Zürich 1990, p. 28 f., ill. 15