Suspension Hook
84-2-59
From: New Guinea | Middle Sepik River
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 84-2-59 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Iatmul (uncertain) |
| Provenience | New Guinea | Middle Sepik River |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Pigment |
| Description | Two faces, one above the other, with two-pronged hook at bottom. Projection at top with square hole. Eyes of top figure protruding cones, those of lower face almond-shaped in carved "spectacles". Between lower face and hook vertical rows of carved notches, down center and at sides. Black, with red and white face paint, including spirals on cheeks, both faces. Red and white dots on forehead of lower face. |
| Credit Line | Gift of Benjamin Bernstein, 1984 |
| Other Number | 714X - Other Number |
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