Sulpa (ritual spoon)

carved wood
Western Nepal, early 20th cent.
lenght: 49 cm.

Typical spoons, in the form of a hand, used during fire-offerings by the different tribes in the Western Hills.

litt:
–, Art tribal du Nepal, Paris 1981, p.28, nr 35.
François Pannier, Art chamanique népalais, Paris 2007, p.82-83.

€ 200