Ornamental suspension hook ·  Papua New Guinea, Iatmul · ID: 3036485

Description

wood, brown patina, white and light red pigment, eight oval cut-outs with hook-shaped framing, the remaining surface with curvilinear decor, base with sickle-shaped projection, carved with a stylized face, abrasion of paint

The object Ornamental suspension hook with the object ID 3036485 was last part of the auction 76th tribal art auction at March 22, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 51.

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Comparing literature

Craig, Barry (ed.), Living spirits with fixed abodes, Honolulu 2010, p. 95, ill. 67 Greub, Suzanne (ed.), Kunst am Sepik, Basel 1985, ill. 15