Bembé spoon

Bembé spoon

spoon, wood
Date
early XXth
Size
Height 17,5 cm
Collection
Tribal Art
Condition
good used state
Inventory number
350
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Bembé Spoon Congo, the sculpted handle of a woman with her arms raised holding on her head a pierced tab, allowing it to be hanged as well as an easier use

HT 17,5 cm brown caramel patina, good used state, Early XXth.

Private French collection

To see : in spoon sculptures édition musée Dapper 1991, pages 132, 133, 134 et 135