spoon from Madagascar

spoon from Madagascar

cuillère, red wood
Date
late XIXth
Size
height 27 cm
Collection
Tribal Art
Condition
good
Inventory number
018
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Old and beautiful spoon from Madagascar, featuring a flat handle contoured with a crocodile in a rounded bump. Jaws open holding a cylindrical object

 

Beautiful oblong shape of the bowl. Eugene Bettra base

HT 27 cm, late XIXth beautiful caramel brown patina, good state

 

See in that style: Arts anciens de Madagascar by Bertrand Goy, édition des 5 continents

Page 80 et 85 and in Histoire(s) de cuillères de jean Metzger 2013 page 276 N°653

 

Bibliography : Vente Artcurial Lempertz 2014.

 

Origin : Liuba and Ernesto Wolf Collection (before 1964)

Mistakenly indicated to Baoulé art