LIBERIAN DAN PEOPLES WUNKIRMIAN WAKEMIA FEASTING SPOON. Artists in Dan communities of Liberia and Cote d'Ivoire have mastered the art of carving impressive wooden ladles. These ceremonial ladles, known as wunkirmian or wakemia (which translates as "spoon associated with feasts") are badges of prestige acknowledging an individual woman for her incomparable generosity. Oversized (they can measure up to two feet), they are not so much utilitarian objects as symbols of status and the bearer of spiritual powers. - Height approximately: 22 inches. Estimate $100-150
