Three food stirrers and hairp pin
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Lot: 55
97th AuctionThree food stirrers and hairp pin
Suriname, Djuka
| Provenance | Size | Starting price / estimated price |
|---|---|---|
| André J.F. Köbben (1925-2019), Amsterdam, The Netherlands (coll. in situ in 1961) Köbben is considered the most important "ancestor" of Dutch anthropology. What was previously called “Volkenkunde”, practiced by astute "armchair" scholars, now became field-based ethnography and anthropology. Köbben himself has done fieldwork among coffee and cocoa farmers in Ivory Coast and later in Suriname among the Djuka Maroons. |
L: 10.2 inch / 14 inch / 19.3 inch / 20.1 inch | This object is not available anymore. |
wood, each mounted on base
Very elaborately carved.
These spoons were used for food preparation, as well as for the preparation of certain dishes on ritual occasions.
Price, Sally & Richard, Afro-American Arts of the Suriname Rain Forest, Los Angeles 1980, p. 149, ill. 209
