Suspension hook · Papua New Guinea, Iatmul · ID: 3034447
sold
EUR 4,000
Provenance
Stan Moriarty Collection, Sydney, Australia (ca. 1950)Leonard Warnock Collection, Sydney, Australia (ca. 1960)
Size
H: 66 cm
H: 26.0 inch
Description
wood, dark brown patina, white and red pigment, crowned by a concave vaulted mask face with tubular protruding eyes with shell disc inlay, mouth with bare tongue, bar-like break-through backside for suspension, slightly dam., minor missing parts (head, nose), paint rubbed off
The object Suspension hook with the object ID 3034447 was last part of the auction 72nd tribal art auction at March 9, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 24 achieved a sales price of EUR 4,000.
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