Spoon with Female Head

Dan people, Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, African

  • Titles Spoon with Female Head (Descriptive)
  • Medium carved wood, metal, grass fibers
  • Dimensions 18 1/2 x 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in. (47 x 9.8 x 6.4 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art, Bequest of Rena Hill Selfe, AFI.40.1996
  • Work Type spoon
  • Classification Tools & Equipment

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