Ancestral carved wooden food hook - Sepik River Papua New Guinea
Ancestral carved wooden food hook - Sepik River Papua New Guinea
£650
Category
Reference
5078
Ancestral carved wooden food hook - Sepik River Papua New Guinea, circa 1900
This piece would hang from the ceiling for suspending baskets that contained food or valuables to protect them from rodents or other pests. Often these hooks are decorated with ancestor spirits, like this figure, or clan symbols that with whom the household could commune.
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Dimensions:
Height
73 cm / 2' 4 3⁄4"
Width
20 cm
/ 8 "
Depth
8 cm
/ 3 1⁄4"
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