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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