Suspension Hook
Middle Sepik River
Papua New Guinea
Late Transitional Period, probably pre-war
Wood and white and red pigment
Overall: 31 3/4 in. (80.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Harry A. Franklin Family Collection
990.54.27965
Geography
Place Made: Papua New Guinea, Melanesia, Oceania
Period
20th century
Object Name
Suspension hook
Research Area
Oceania
Not on view
Exhibition History
Ancestors, Spirits, and Families: Expressing Relationships in Melanesian Art, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Anthropology 47, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, May 11-June 30, 1996.
Melanesian Art: The Sepik River and Abelam Hill Country, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 26-December 8, 2019.
Provenance
Acquired by Harry A. Franklin (1903-1983), Los Angeles, California, in the 1950s; bequeathed to the Harry A. Franklin Family Collection, Los Angeles, California, 1983; lent to present collection, 1990; given to present collection, 1991.
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