Suspension Hook
| Object Number: | 29-50-336 |
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| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | New Guinea Kaulagu |
| Section: | Oceanian |
| Materials: | Wood Cowrie Cuscus Skin |
| Length: | 54 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from Max Boehmig through Emil Roehrig (Barthels Mfg. Co.), 1924 |
| Other Number: | 533 - Other Number |
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.
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