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

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.

The object Old hook figure with the object ID 3050367 was last part of the auction 101st Auction at November 11, 2023 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 15 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,500.

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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.