Ornamental suspension hook

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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

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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

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