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Cult hook, C-14 dating: 1640–1880 (94.4% probability)
Wood, traces of pigment
80 x 26 x 5 cm (31 1/2 x 10 1/4 x 1 15/16 in.)
The Marcia and John Friede Collection, a Promised Gift to the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco L05.1.29

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Artist Biography: (none) PROVENANCE: "Collected on La Korrigane Expedition, 1935 (D.39.3/861) in a region little known at the time. Bought by Mr. and Mrs. van den Broek for a price of five glass dishes. Offered but not sold at Drouot auction, Paris, Dec. 4, 1961, La Korrigane sale, lot. 164, ill. pl. ix." (Catalog #277, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 127.) PUBLICATIONS: 2005 - Catalog #277, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 127.

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