Cuillère cérémonielle "wa ke mia" · Côte d'Ivoire, Dan · ID: 3028507
Prix
250 €
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Description
wood, dark brown patina, elongated, dish-shaped ladle, the massive handle carved with a ram head, incised ornaments on the underside, dam., minor missing part through insect caused damage (rams head), cracks;
occasionally the spoons were carved with cow or rams heads, giving a hint on the domestic animals, slaughtered at big festivities in order to provide an adequate meal for the guests.
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Littérature comparée
Homberger, Lorenz (Hg.), Löffel in der Kunst Afrikas, Zürich 1990, p. 28 f., ill. 15