Ceremonial spoon "wa ke mia"
Côte d'Ivoire/Liberia, Dan/Mano
not available anymore
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
Comparing literature
Barbier, Jean Paul (ed.), Art of Côte d' Ivoire, Vol II, Genève 1993, p. 72Publications
AHDRC: 0139790