Ceremonial spoon "wa ke mia" · Côte d'Ivoire/Liberia, Dan/Mano · ID: 3041560
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Provenance
Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, GermanyPaul 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
The object Ceremonial spoon “wa ke mia” with the object ID 3041560 was last part of the auction 85th Tribal Art Auction at March 4, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 182.
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Comparing literature
Barbier, Jean Paul (ed.), Art of Côte d' Ivoire, Vol II, Genève 1993, p. 72
Publications
AHDRC: 0139790