Ceremonial Spoon
Baule · Côte d’Ivoire
Reference: CHR-20
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- Height
- 40 cm
- Material
- Wood and pigments.
Ritual spoon whose handle is finished off by a representation of a mask bonu amwin, mask used in funeral ceremonies and in the Goli rites on…
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Ritual spoon whose handle is finished off by a representation of a mask bonu amwin, mask used in funeral ceremonies and in the Goli rites on the occasion of the agricultural festivities. Dark patina, acquired in Abidjan in the 1960s.
Further technical information
- Width
- 9 cm
- Attributed period
- Mid-century XX or earlier.
Details transcribed from the original catalogue; they are not a recent physical inspection.
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Côte d’Ivoire. The country associated with the catalog is shown, not the current location of the piece.
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