Zemanek-Münster

Old hook figure ·  Papua New Guinea - Upper Sepik, Kupkain · ID: 3050367

sold EUR 2,500
Provenance
Pastor Wolfram Schiffner, Happurg (near Hersbruck)
Size
H: 63 cm
H: 24.8 inch

Description

wood, black pigment residues,

Reminiscent of the concentric “garra” hooks of the neighbouring Bahinemo in the Hunstein Mountains.

According to Eike Haberland, the hook style is widespread from the Ramu over the Yuat, Korowori, Blackwater and Krosmeri Rivers into the Hunstein Mountains.


Comparing literature

Eike Haberland "Zum Problem der Hakenfiguren der Südlichen Sepik-Region in Neuguinea", in: Paideuma: Mitteilungen zur Kulturkunde, Bd. 10, H. 1, Jul., 1964, pp 52-71 Newton, Douglas, Crocodile and Cassowary, New York 1971, p. 26 f.


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