Spoon
Senufo · Côte d’Ivoire
Reference: CHR-2
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- Height
- 37 cm
- Material
- Wood
Magnificent and complicated sculpture by an old Senufus sculptor. It's a chapal drinking spoon that represents a woman. These spoons were often used to celebrate the…
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Full original description
Magnificent and complicated sculpture by an old Senufus sculptor. It's a chapal drinking spoon that represents a woman. These spoons were often used to celebrate the harvests, among others the millet that serves as the basis for the brewing of beer called tcapalo. The festifity of the woman is associated with the fertility of the earth. This figure presents tribal scarifications on the face and members.
Further technical information
- 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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