Suspension hook in shape of a mask face ·  Papua New Guinea - Sepik · ID: 3032502

Description

heavy wood, brown patina, white pigment, painted with curved ornaments, nose with pierced septum, drilling for suspension on top, sickle-shaped hook, slightly dam., cracks, abrasion;
while utilitarian hooks were only rarely carved, those used in the Men’s House were elaborately sculpted as representations of important ancestors and mythological beings.

The object Suspension hook in shape of a mask face with the object ID 3032502 was last part of the auction 68th tribal art auction at March 3, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 32 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,500.

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