Suspension hook · Papua New Guinea - Sepik · ID: 3042824

Name: Suspension hook
SKU: 3042824
Availability: Discontinued

not available anymore

Provenance

Jan Visser, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Size

H: 47,5 cm

H: 18.7 inch

Description

wood, red and white pigment, traces of black, disc-shaped base with four thorn-like projections, the free standing figure of an ancestor spirit in the centre, adorned with incised and painted ornaments, drilled hole for suspension, slightly dam. (vertical crack: right side of head/body and base), pedestal.
In the most areas of Melanesia suspension hooks belong to “household articles”. They are fixed to the ceiling by lianas and can be pulled up and down. They serve to hang up baskets and nets with food or important utensils in order to protect them against mice and rats.

The object Suspension hook with the object ID 3042824 was last part of the auction 87th Tribal Art Auction at November 11, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 25.

Here you will find more objects and interesting facts about Oceanian art.

Oceania