Zemanek-Münster

Ceremonial spoon "wa ke mia"

Côte d'Ivoire/Liberia, Dan/Mano
not available anymore
Provenance
Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany
Paul Wengraf, London, Great Britain
Size
H: 48 cm
H: 18.9 inch

Description

wood, shiny black patina, handle carved with anthropomorphic half figure, slightly dam., missing parts (oval pierced end piece, rim of the scoop), drilled ear hole on the right broken, abrasion of paint, base


Comparing literature

Barbier, Jean Paul (ed.), Art of Côte d' Ivoire, Vol II, Genève 1993, p. 72

Publications

AHDRC: 0139790


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