Spoon ·  D. R. Congo, Boa · ID: 3046213

Description

ivory, base

Spoons of this kind were signs of wealth, because only people who could afford rich and manifold food owned such elaborate decorated spoons.

These spoons were also used to sacrifice the ancestors to ensure their favour and protection.

The object Spoon with the object ID 3046213 was last part of the auction 93rd Tribal Art Auction at November 16, 2019 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 244.

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Notices

This object is subject to CITES. Please note that it can only be sent within the European Union. At the present time export in third countries is prohibited, respectively, export licenses in third countries for objects containing or made of protected materials are only granted under stringent conditions.