Suspension hook with male figure ·  Papua New Guinea - Sepik · ID: 3044166

Description

wood, pigment, cowrie shells, rep., base

Figural hooks were integral part of men’s houses. The sculptures were hung from the rafters or eves, with valuable foods and personal items hung on their hooks, keeping them away from the numerous vermin. A second function was the protection the hooks gave as intermediaries to the inhabitant ancestral spirits.

The object Suspension hook with male figure with the object ID 3044166 was last part of the auction 89th Tribal Art Auction at July 7, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 36 achieved a sales price of EUR 8,000.

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