Suspension Hook
Unidentified possibly Iatmul maker
possibly Chambri Lakes
Middle Sepik River
Papua New Guinea
Modern Period
Wood, cowries, resin, black pigment
Overall: 17 in. (43.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Harry A. Franklin Family Collection
990.54.28157
Geography
Place Made: Papua New Guinea, Melanesia, Oceania
Period
20th century
Object Name
Suspension hook
Research Area
Oceania
Not on view
Exhibition History
Art of New Guinea; Sepik, Maprik and Highlands, The Ethnic Art Galleries, 1967, no. 153.
Publication History
Museum and Laboratories of Ethnic Arts and Technology, UCLA and the Ethnic Arts Council, Art of New Guinea; Sepik, Maprik and Highlands, Los Angeles: The Ethnic Art Galleries, 1967, listed, p. 49, no. 153.
Provenance
Acquired by Harry A. Franklin (1903-1983), Los Angeles, California, date unknown; bequeathed to the Harry A. Franklin Family Collection, Los Angeles, California, 1983; lent to present collection, 1990; given to present collection, 1997.
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