Suspension Hook
29-50-336
From: New Guinea | Kaulagu
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 29-50-336 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | New Guinea | Kaulagu |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Cowrie | Cuscus Skin |
| Description | Crouching wooden figure, male. Feet in low relief on front of base, which is provided behind with 3 upright spikes. Eyes of figure represented by cowries. It is provided with a fillet of cus-cus skin and a grass "sporran" which conceals a "false" membr. vir. of pith-like wood. |
| Length | 54 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Max Boehmig through Emil Roehrig (Barthels Mfg. Co.), 1924 |
| Other Number | 533 - Other Number |
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