Suspension hook · Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée - Sepik · ID: 3034610
Jean-Paul Agogué, Paris, France
Description
wood, reddish brown patina, small traces of black paint, sickle-shaped hook, carved with a stylized figure, the eyes originally with cowrie snail inlay (now missing), reduced curvilinear ornaments, slightly dam., cracks, small traces of insect caused damage, socle;
figural hooks were integral components of men’s houses, serving two primary functions, both protective. The first was practical. 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. The second was the protection the hooks gave as intermediaries to the inhabitant ancestral spirits.
L’objet Suspension hook avec l’ID d’objet 3034610 a fait partie de l’enchère 72nd tribal art auction en 9 mars 2013 pour la dernière fois le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes et avait le numéro de lot 32.
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