Hook Figure

84-2-101

From: New Guinea | Korowori River

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 84-2-101
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience New Guinea | Korowori River
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood | Pigment
Description

Face in profile at top, with one curving hook above, four curving hooks below, leg and foot at bottom. Short post between chin of face and first curved hook. Small knob on ankle. Black, with white and red designs: circles and repeated crescents on four lower hooks, circles on top hook, circles and crescents on face. Inside surfaces of hooks red.

Height 99 cm
Width 22 cm
Credit Line Gift of Benjamin Bernstein, 1984
Other Number 63 - Other Number

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