Dan (Gio, Gioh, Gyo,Yacouba, Yakuba), 
Dan (Gio, Gioh, Gyo,Yacouba, Yakuba),
Ceremonial Double Spoon. A woman who has
distinguished herself through her hospitality and generosity will own a superb
spoon of sculpted wood. This is a custom specific to the Dan. This woman’s role,
in the heart of the village, is to receive and feed travelers, musicians
participating in celebrations, and men who have come to help clear the fields.
The spoon possesses the power to make one rich and famous and confers a sure
authority over the other women. The spoons have several shapes: the most typical
will have a handle fashioned after a human head, comparable to certain masks;
others have handles that form pairs of legs.
Dan
Ceremonial Double Spoon
#N9D11O402
19" x 7" x 3"
$145 + $30(S&H)
