Figural spoon · Nigeria, Ijaw · ID: 3035952
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Provenance
Michel Gosse, Caen/Paris, FranceSize
H: 66,5 cm
H: 26.2 inch
Description
wood, partly shiny dark brown patina, shaft in shape of a standing female figure, round ladle, min. dam., cracks, traces of usage and abrasion, base
The object Figural spoon with the object ID 3035952 was last part of the auction 75th tribal art auction at November 30, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 334.
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Comparing literature
Le Guennan, Serge, Des Cuilleres et des Hommes, Milan 2012, ill. XLI