Spoon for Tchapalo
Senufo · Côte d’Ivoire
Reference: CHR-1
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- Height
- 58 cm
- Material
- Wood
Large spoon intended to serve the chapal. The chapal is millet beer, which is consumed traditionally in the north of Ivory Coast, especially during the holidays…
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Large spoon intended to serve the chapal. The chapal is millet beer, which is consumed traditionally in the north of Ivory Coast, especially during the holidays and great sunny. This spoon has a snake carved around the mango and a woman's head, with a generous bust, which suggests that this spoon has been carved on the occasion of a fecundity celebration.
The serpent is the beginning of movement and life, the quality of everything that is flexible, sinuous and humid. For senufo,represents the virile member and is also considered by the diviners as a messenger of the spirits of the jungle. They consider it immortal and symbol of longevity, because of its ability to regenerate by changing mute. Being able to penetrate underground, the serpent is the messenger of the deceased. For its way of moving represents the flow of water from rivers.
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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