Spoon (Okwa Nzu)

Igbo people, African

19th-20th century

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Tall cylindrical figure with long neck and human head has breasts, raised pattern on abdomen, and small round hole below pattern.
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Brownish-black vessel is widest at shoulder and slopes to narrow bottom; body has inverted V-shape composed of raised bumps.