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.