Łyżka ceremonialna. Mosiądz. XX wiek.
PLN300.00
Tax included
In fact, it was only when looking at the oldest Beninese bronzes that I saw a certain similarity. The ornaments were somewhat similar. The roosters decorating the spoon handle could have come from Benin. The style of the animals depicted reminded me of Beninese art.
I give up. I'm selling it, even though I don't really know what it is. Of course, it's a ceremonial 20th-century spoon associated with tribal culture. But that's all I can say for sure about it. I don't know where it was made. I can't even say which continent it came from. Well, I can rule out Europe. The spoon could just as well have been made in Africa, Asia, one of the islands of Oceania, or Australia.
A long search for a similar one has been unsuccessful.
In fact, it was only when I looked at the oldest Beninese bronzes that I saw a certain similarity. The ornaments are somewhat similar. The roosters decorating the spoon handle could have come from Benin. The style of the animals depicted reminded me of Beninese art. Of course, I am not claiming that the spoon is that old. I am not even claiming that it was made in that area. I am only wondering whether the artist who made the spoon was inspired by old Beninese bronzes. But this is pure speculation.
The spoon is 23 cm long and 5 cm wide.
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In fact, it was only when looking at the oldest Beninese bronzes that I saw a certain similarity. The ornaments were somewhat similar. The roosters decorating the spoon handle could have come from Benin. The style of the animals depicted reminded me of Beninese art.