Spoon for Tchapalo
Senufo · Côte d’Ivoire
Reference: CHR-3
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- Height
- 32 cm
- Material
- Wood
This type of spoon served to drink millet beer, called tcapalo, which was the alcohol that was most traditionally drunk in northern Ivory Coast, in the…
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This type of spoon served to drink millet beer, called tcapalo, which was the alcohol that was most traditionally drunk in northern Ivory Coast, in the Senufo region. The handle is topped with a woman's face and on its long neck a snake is curled. The chapalo was drunk, using these spoons, during the celebrations celebrating the fertility of the fields, among other events. The fertility of the woman is always associated with fertility in the fields.
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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