Chalk spoon · Nigeria, Igbo · ID: 3040549
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Provenance
Khepri van Rijn, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsSize
H: 36,5 cm
H: 14.4 inch
Description
wood, matt patina, black paint, kaolin, massive scoopf with flat deepening, carved with a female figure on the backside, min. dam., small missing parts, fine cracks, slight traces of abrasion, base
The object Chalk spoon with the object ID 3040549 was last part of the auction 83rd Tribal Art Auction at May 28, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 275.
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Comparing literature
Cole, Herbert M. & Chike C. Aniakor, Igbo Arts, Los Angeles 1984, p. 64, ill. 105