Suspension Hook
Artist:
Unknown
Place made:Papua New Guinea
Date: late 19th-early 20th century
Medium: Wood
Dimensions:
h. 49 1/2 in. (125.7 cm); w. 8 11/16 in. (22 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
Object number: 77.1042
Label Text
This suspension hook is carved as a representation of an important ancestral figure. These carved hooks were often consulted before a head hunting expedition, in the hope that the powerful magic of the ancestor would help the warriors to be successful in battle.
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