Dan Spoon Wood Figure - 19th/20th Century Ceremonial Ladle (Wakemia or Wunkirmian) Dan People of Ivory Coast, Africa. Large ceremonial ladles are carved to honor a particular Dan woman from each village quarter who has distinguished herself among her fellow women by generosity and hospitality. At special feasts, she dances with the ladle and directs the distribution of rice to those assembled. An elderly honoree passes the ladle and the honor on to the one she sees fit as a successor. This page of spoons shows some of the less common type, in which the handle takes the form of hips and legs. The form honors women as the source of food and life itself. Aboriginal Indigenous Art. Ritualware. From the estate of Timoth Koock. Item ships from Austin, Tx.

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