Spoon "ya bo sie mia" ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Dan · ID: 3036203

Description

wood, rich black patina, aesthetically pleasing form, flat deepened oval spoon, handle with a split horn-like ending, slightly dam., traces of wear/abrasion, base;
wooden spoons of the first wife “ko dey” are called “ya bo sie mia”. Their tips usually show traces of wear because they were used for stiring food or scooping rice every day.

The object Spoon “ya bo sie mia” with the object ID 3036203 was last part of the auction 76th tribal art auction at March 22, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 196.

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Comparing literature

Homberger, Lorenz (Hg.), Löffel in der Kunst Afrikas, Zürich 1990, ill. 11