CEREMONIAL SPOON - Lot 242

Lot n° 242
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CEREMONIAL SPOON - Lot 242
CEREMONIAL SPOON The handle of this spoon takes the shape of the deity Zemi, crouching, hands on knees. Her deformed skull ends in a sugar loaf and finishes the tip of the handle. This sacred representation accompanies the rituals of the shaman who performs the cohoba ceremony in order to harmonize the energies and favor the men by dialoguing with the gods and the ancestors. Bone with important patina of burial. Taino culture, Dominican Republic, 800 - 1500 AD. H. 13 - l. 4 - Th. 3 cm Provenance: Private collection since the 1950s-1960s, France. Bibliography for a similar object: Exhibition catalog "Taino, Pre-Columbian Art and Culture from the Caribbean," El Museo Del Barrio, New York, September 25, 1997 to March 29, 1998, The Monacelli Press, 1997, Fig. 117, Page 118.
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