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Rare milk or fat spoon and container, around 1900
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Lot 43
92nd Tribal Art Auction

Rare milk or fat spoon and container, around 1900

Namibia, Herero
not available anymore
Provenance
Jürgen Peters, Nürnberg, Germany
Size
L: 31 cm (spoon)
H: 18 cm (container)
L: 12.2 inch (spoon)
H: 7.1 inch (container)

Description

wood, pokerwork, rep.; additionally fat or milk container

Comparable examples of this rare Herero spoon can be found in the ethnological collections of the National Museums in Berlin (Ident. Nr. III D 1459 / III D 2224 / III D 2227 und III D 2229).

Comparing literature

Homberger, Lorenz (Hg.), Löffel in der Kunst Afrikas, Zürich 1990, p. 103, ill. 36
Africa

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