Spade handle · Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo · ID: 3041857
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Provenance
Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/AustriaSize
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.
Comparing literature
Christoph Krüger, Dowayo, Namchi, Puppen aus Kamerun, Düsseldorf, 2003, p. 137
Publications
AHDRC: 0141970