Rare milk or fat spoon and container, around 1900 · Namibia, Herero · ID: 3045547
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Provenance
Jürgen Peters, Nürnberg, GermanySize
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).
The object Rare milk or fat spoon and container, around 1900 with the object ID 3045547 was last part of the auction 92nd Tribal Art Auction at June 29, 2019 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 43.
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Comparing literature
Homberger, Lorenz (Hg.), Löffel in der Kunst Afrikas, Zürich 1990, p. 103, ill. 36