Ornamental suspension hook ·  Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée, Iatmul · ID: 3036485

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

Littérature comparée

Craig, Barry (ed.), Living spirits with fixed abodes, Honolulu 2010, p. 95, ill. 67 Greub, Suzanne (ed.), Kunst am Sepik, Basel 1985, ill. 15