Zemanek-Münster

Spade handle ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo · ID: 3041857

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Provenance
Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austria
Size
H: 31 cm
H: 12.2 inch

Description

wood, blackish brown patina, slightly encrusted in some areas, inserted into spout with spade-shaped iron blade, incised decor, slightly dam., base;
such short spades were used for tilling fields.


The object Spade handle with the object ID 3041857 was last part of the auction 86th Tribal Art Auction at May 27, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 28.

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Comparing literature

Christoph Krüger, Dowayo, Namchi, Puppen aus Kamerun, Düsseldorf, 2003, p. 137


Publications

AHDRC: 0141970


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