Mende Prestige Spoon | Mende African Art | Fashor and Eagar Fine African Art
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Collection

African Spoon

Mende Prestige Spoon

Mende Prestige Spoon

Mende Prestige Spoon

ETHNIC GROUP
Mende People

COUNTRY

Sierra Leone.

MATERIAL
Wood.

DIMENTIONS

23.25″ inches tall (59 cm)

CIRCA

Estimated early 20th Century.

PROVENANCE

Private Collection USA.

EXHIBITED
No known exhibitions

LITERATURE

No known publications

CATALOGUE NOTE

A Mende, (Liberia, Sierra Leone) ceremonial spoon known, with the handle carved as an anthropomorphic figure, the small face, slit eyes and diminutive nose and mouth set on a ringed neck that depicts affluence are classic features of idealized beauty in the Mende society. Very good condition.

Like Dan spoons, some Mende feast spoons are used by the elected “most hospitable woman of the village” to distribute cooked rice to fellow villagers after the rice harvest. The feast spoon illustrates and underscores the value placed upon human and crop fertility for continuity.

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