Spoon ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Dan · ID: 3040293

Description

wood, middle brown patina, remains of kaolin, elongated oval ladle, the massive handle carved with a ram’s head, min. dam., cracks, slight traces of usage and abrasion, base;
occasionally the spoons were carved with cow or ram heads, giving a hint on the domestic animals, slaughtered at big festivities in order to provide an adequate meal for the guests.

The object Spoon with the object ID 3040293 was last part of the auction 82nd Tribal Art Auction at February 27, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 331.

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Comparing literature

Winizki, Ernst, Afrikanische Löffel, Zürich 1990, ill. 24