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A Fine Dan Spoon Collected 1950s Ex Rev. Adkins

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A Fine Dan Spoon Collected 1950s Ex Rev. Adkins

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Description

A very finely carved wooden ladle or spoon with incised linear designs and geometric form. The Dan peoples carve such spoons as yearly "trophies" known as Wunkirmian. This spoon and others like it were brought out during important feasts and ceremonies and awarded to the women in the village considered to be the most generous and hospitable in the village. Dan peoples, Ivory Coast, Libera, West Africa. The spoon measures 17.25 inches ( 18 inches tall on base) Field collected in situ in the 1950's by Rev. Adkins of Adams county, Ohio.

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Good/Fair, small chips and scrapes.

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A Fine Dan Spoon Collected 1950s Ex Rev. Adkins

Name: A Fine Dan Spoon Collected 1950s Ex Rev. Adkins
SKU: 122430061
Price: 950 USD
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