Object Details
- Description
- Wooden spoon with large scoop bowl; handle with mask like head surmounted by inward curving horns.
- Provenance
- Herman H. Kahn, New York, -- to 1969
- Exhibition History
- African Emblems of Status, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., October 29, 1982-April 3, 1983
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- Data Source
- National Museum of African Art
- Maker
- Dan artist
- Grebo artist
- Date
- Early-mid 20th century
- Credit Line
- Gift of Herman H. Kahn
- Medium
- Wood
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 62.2 x 14.9 x 6.3 cm (24 1/2 x 5 7/8 x 2 1/2 in.)
- Type
- Sculpture
