Ceremonial spoon "wa ke mia", Côte d'Ivoire/Liberia, Dan/Mano, Size: H: 48 cm (H: 18.9 inch), ID: 3041560

Ceremonial spoon "wa ke mia", Côte d'Ivoire/Liberia, Dan/Mano, Size: H: 48 cm (H: 18.9 inch), ID: 3041560 - 2/5

Ceremonial spoon "wa ke mia", Côte d'Ivoire/Liberia, Dan/Mano, Size: H: 48 cm (H: 18.9 inch), ID: 3041560 - 3/5

Ceremonial spoon "wa ke mia", Côte d'Ivoire/Liberia, Dan/Mano, Size: H: 48 cm (H: 18.9 inch), ID: 3041560 - 4/5

Ceremonial spoon "wa ke mia", Côte d'Ivoire/Liberia, Dan/Mano, Size: H: 48 cm (H: 18.9 inch), ID: 3041560 - 5/5

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Lot 182

85th Tribal Art Auction

Ceremonial spoon "wa ke mia" · Côte d'Ivoire/Liberia, Dan/Mano · ID: 3041560

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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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