Spoon Ritual

Ritual spoon of anthropomorphic appearance, two legs come out of the lower part of the spoon. At the top a figure formed by a head covered with brass, long neck and rhomboid body similar to the locket guards Sanguwhich are introduced into the baskets containing the relics of the ancestors. the head consists of two different planes, the top most enhanced, oval shaped, decorated with a strip of relief points and the lower plane in which the eyes, round, appear a stylized nose. The body formed by the neck with small filigree and the characteristic rhombus of the kota. Taking into account the size of the spoon bucket, we can say that it is the spoon of a remarkable woman, since they always compete generously in distributing the grain to the most disadvantaged in the different celebrations in which this distribution is practiced.

The style Sangu or Masango reduces the proportions of the head with respect to Kota Obamba and removes the side parts, although it retains the rhombus and copper splashing. The locket guards always appear in the center of a basket braided with vegetable fibers. These figures are named after Mbumba.

Beautiful old patina.