CEREMONIAL SPOON - Lot 29

Lot 29
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900 - 1200 EUR
CEREMONIAL SPOON - Lot 29
CEREMONIAL SPOON This spoon is provided with a hollow hemmed part used to take the powder necessary to perform the cohoba ritual. Its handle takes the shape of the deity Zemi and reinforces its ritual connotation. The deity is adorned with circular earrings and an engraved headdress. Bones with a significant burial patina. Taino Culture, Dominican Republic, 800 - 1500 AD -C. H. 16 - l. 4,5 - Ep. 2 cm Provenance: Private collection since the years 50-60, France. Bibliography for a similar object: Exhibition catalogue "Taino, Pre-Columbian Art and Culture from the Caribbean", El Museo Del Barrio, New York, 25 September 1997 to 29 March 1998, The Monacelli Press, 1997, Fig. 117, Page 118.
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