Suspension Hook
Middle Sepik River
Papua New Guinea
probably Late Inter-War Period (about 1930-1942)
Wood, red ochre, white pigment
Overall: 34 1/2 in. (87.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Harry A. Franklin Family Collection
990.54.27249
Geography
Place Made: Papua New Guinea, Melanesia, Oceania
Period
20th century
Object Name
Suspension hook
Research Area
Oceania
Not on view
Exhibition History
Melanesian Art: The Sepik River and Abelam Hill Country, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 26-December 8, 2019.
Religious Symbols in the Art of New Guinea, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Anthropology 47 & 53, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, April 17-May 16, 1999.
Provenance
Acquired by Harry A. Franklin (1903-1983), Los Angeles, California, in the 1950s; to the Harry A. Franklin Family Collection, Los Angeles, California, 1983; given to present collection, 1990.
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