Suspension Hook
83-37-1
From: New Guinea | Kanganamon
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
Object Number | 83-37-1 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Iatmul (uncertain) |
Provenience | New Guinea | Kanganamon |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Wood | Pigment |
Description | Female figure, hands on thighs, flanked by two tall, thin birds, standing on a two-horned animal head (the hook). Face on back of hook, snake running up spine of main figure. Black pigment, traces of white. Crack on one prong of hook. |
Height | 80.5 cm |
Width | 27.5 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Benjamin Bernstein in honor of Evelyn Glauser Bernstein, 1983 |
Other Number | F2577 - Other Number | 1530 - Other Number |
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