Cuillère cérémonielle "wa ke mia" ou "wunkirmian" ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Dan · ID: 3048623

Description

wood, base

Two types are known of the large Dan ceremonial spoons. One of the handles is carved with a human head, the other is designed in the form of a stylized human figure: the handle consists of a pair of human legs, followed by a slender body and the spoon bowl as the head.

With this rare object, the handle is carved out in the shape of a complete human body, the arms are also formulated and angled upwards next to the body.

A comparable spoon from the collections of the Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren illustrated in Wassing, 1977, p. 90, ill. 56. Two further specimens, but with “hanging” arms published in Dapper, 1991, p. 85 ff.

L’objet Cuillère cérémonielle “wa ke mia” ou “wunkirmian” numéro d’objet 3048623, a fait partie de la dernière Collectors’ Items Sale du 24 septembre 2025 le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 151 a atteint un prix de vente de 1 500 €.

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Littérature comparée

Wassing, René S., Die Kunst des Schwarzen Afrika, Fribourg 1977, p. 90, ill. 56 Musée Dapper, "Cuillers sculptures", Paris 1991, p. 85 ff. Himmelheber, Hans, Negerkunst und Negerkünstler, Würzburg 1960, p. 164